Is Gaylen a boy or girl name?
Gaylen was mostly a boy name in the US. Across 1880–2024, 14.7% of the 2,373 US babies named Gaylen were girls. Fewer than 10 babies were given the name in 2024.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Gaylen since 1915
- 2,373
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 104 babies
Boys and girls named Gaylen, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 35 | 0 | 0% |
| 1920s | 130 | 0 | 0% |
| 1930s | 272 | 6 | 2.2% |
| 1940s | 466 | 96 | 17.1% |
| 1950s | 568 | 120 | 17.4% |
| 1960s | 295 | 56 | 16% |
| 1970s | 159 | 14 | 8.1% |
| 1980s | 52 | 19 | 26.8% |
| 1990s | 38 | 37 | 49.3% |
| 2000s | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | – |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #12,030 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #11,474 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #10,157 | 5 | #14,931 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,767 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,500 | 9 | #9,049 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 6 | #12,287 |
| 1994 | 6 | #8,113 | 9 | #9,075 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,883 | 8 | #9,787 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,777 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,571 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,700 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #6,206 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,907 | 5 | #11,218 |
| 1984 | 10 | #4,018 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,644 | 8 | #7,524 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,696 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,617 | 6 | #9,471 |
| 1980 | 7 | #5,127 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,230 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,481 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,317 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,453 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,157 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,074 | 8 | #6,431 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,086 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,107 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 11 | #3,031 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,723 | 6 | #7,360 |
| 1969 | 23 | #1,743 | 6 | #6,903 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,860 | 7 | #5,830 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,729 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 23 | #1,629 | 6 | #6,035 |
| 1965 | 30 | #1,417 | 5 | #6,846 |
| 1964 | 32 | #1,390 | 5 | #7,099 |
| 1963 | 29 | #1,465 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,179 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,332 | 12 | #3,851 |
| 1960 | 38 | #1,278 | 15 | #3,260 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,174 | 13 | #3,501 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,213 | 14 | #3,280 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,103 | 10 | #4,021 |
| 1956 | 50 | #1,074 | 15 | #3,098 |
| 1955 | 54 | #1,027 | 14 | #3,136 |
| 1954 | 58 | #981 | 9 | #4,072 |
| 1953 | 58 | #941 | 5 | #5,969 |
| 1952 | 68 | #849 | 12 | #3,263 |
| 1951 | 66 | #860 | 18 | #2,415 |
| 1950 | 81 | #764 | 10 | #3,509 |
| 1949 | 94 | #710 | 10 | #3,464 |
| 1948 | 61 | #875 | 18 | #2,363 |
| 1947 | 56 | #946 | 12 | #3,121 |
| 1946 | 42 | #1,063 | 8 | #3,781 |
| 1945 | 35 | #1,109 | 13 | #2,513 |
| 1944 | 42 | #1,010 | 11 | #2,828 |
| 1943 | 38 | #1,112 | 14 | #2,477 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,368 | 10 | #3,063 |
| 1941 | 42 | #995 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,237 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 38 | #1,040 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,257 | 6 | #4,011 |
| 1937 | 41 | #993 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,255 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 35 | #1,108 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,525 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,375 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,401 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 15 | #1,962 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,850 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,539 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,561 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,903 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,119 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,237 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,395 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,974 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,357 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,542 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,845 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,959 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,603 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,820 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,566 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Gaylen reached #710 in 1949. As a girl name, it reached #2,363 in 1948. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1940s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Gaylen
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.