Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gaynor**

#18,273 most common girls' name of all time · #29,971 across all names · 48% male / 53% female · used 1919–1968 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#18,273
Rank overall
#29,971 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
26 of 146
All-time
200
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1939 #3,085
Best rank
#3,085 1939
Girls Boys peak 14/yr
192019401960

Gaynor first appears in 1919. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1968 5 5 #7,309
1961 6 6 #6,087
1958 8 5 13 #4,679
1957 5 5 #6,434
1956 5 5
1955 5 5 #6,209
1954 9 9 #4,137
1951 6 6 #5,107
1949 9 9 #3,760
1948 6 6 #4,960
1947 7 6 13 #4,575
1944 6 6
1943 6 6
1942 5 5
1940 5 5 #4,783
1939 9 5 14 #3,085
1937 9 9
1934 6 7 13 #4,150
1933 11 11
1932 8 8
1931 6 6 #4,211
1930 7 7
1929 8 8 #3,637
1928 7 7
1926 5 5 #5,418
1919 8 8