Gaylon*
#2,149 most common boys' name of all time · #5,141 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1912–2018 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#2,149
Rank overall
#5,141 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
96 of 146
All-time
3,696
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1950 #713
Best rank
#674 1940
Girls
Boys
peak 103/yr
Gaylon first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,262 |
| 2008 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,136 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,874 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,245 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,476 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,675 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,116 |
| 2000 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,975 |
| 1999 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,950 |
| 1998 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,376 |
| 1997 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,002 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,232 |
| 1995 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,555 |
| 1994 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,573 |
| 1993 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,488 |
| 1992 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,486 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,821 |
| 1990 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,009 |
| 1989 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,714 |
| 1988 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,702 |
| 1987 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,011 |
| 1986 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,709 |
| 1985 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,111 |
| 1984 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,640 |
| 1983 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1982 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,021 |
| 1981 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,230 |
| 1980 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,078 |
| 1979 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,188 |
| 1978 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,935 |
| 1977 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,688 |
| 1976 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,078 |
| 1975 | 6 | 35 | 41 | #1,519 |
| 1974 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,007 |
| 1973 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,321 |
| 1972 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,277 |
| 1971 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,265 |
| 1970 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,176 |
| 1969 | 5 | 41 | 46 | #1,245 |
| 1968 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,096 |
| 1967 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,204 |
| 1966 | 9 | 43 | 52 | #1,145 |
| 1965 | 9 | 50 | 59 | #1,050 |
| 1964 | 6 | 49 | 55 | #1,091 |
| 1963 | 5 | 63 | 68 | #954 |
| 1962 | 9 | 68 | 77 | #923 |
| 1961 | 9 | 54 | 63 | #1,065 |
| 1960 | 6 | 68 | 74 | #921 |
| 1959 | 9 | 79 | 88 | #863 |
| 1958 | 5 | 81 | 86 | #840 |
| 1957 | 6 | 61 | 67 | #978 |
| 1956 | 7 | 82 | 89 | #830 |
| 1955 | — | 78 | 78 | #834 |
| 1954 | 9 | 87 | 96 | #766 |
| 1953 | 9 | 75 | 84 | #832 |
| 1952 | 14 | 63 | 77 | #893 |
| 1951 | 7 | 89 | 96 | #739 |
| 1950 | 10 | 93 | 103 | #713 |
| 1949 | 8 | 94 | 102 | #711 |
| 1948 | 9 | 75 | 84 | #793 |
| 1947 | 7 | 83 | 90 | #757 |
| 1946 | 7 | 77 | 84 | #758 |
| 1945 | 5 | 48 | 53 | #942 |
| 1944 | — | 61 | 61 | #809 |
| 1943 | 6 | 74 | 80 | #762 |
| 1942 | — | 67 | 67 | #790 |
| 1941 | 10 | 67 | 77 | #761 |
| 1940 | 6 | 81 | 87 | #674 |
| 1939 | 5 | 51 | 56 | #866 |
| 1938 | — | 63 | 63 | #775 |
| 1937 | 10 | 52 | 62 | #857 |
| 1936 | — | 61 | 61 | #786 |
| 1935 | — | 52 | 52 | #880 |
| 1934 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,005 |
| 1933 | 5 | 35 | 40 | #1,122 |
| 1932 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,283 |
| 1931 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,301 |
| 1930 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,233 |
| 1929 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,268 |
| 1928 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,699 |
| 1927 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1926 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,972 |
| 1925 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,532 |
| 1924 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,379 |
| 1923 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,808 |
| 1922 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,568 |
| 1921 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,239 |
| 1920 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,554 |
| 1919 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,687 |
| 1918 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1917 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,858 |
| 1916 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,136 |
| 1915 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,054 |
| 1914 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,962 |
| 1913 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,043 |
| 1912 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,786 |