Gaylord

Boy · recorded 1882–1998

  • 1998last recorded
  • 1931best year

Most popular in 1931.

Last recorded in 1998. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Gaylord.

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Its story

Popularity since 1882

08116218821911194019691998

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 102 recorded years as a table
Gaylord, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188244
188546
188789
188954
189159
189249
189543
189789
189865
189985
190053
190156
190282
190359
190462
190583
190675
1907102
1908117
1909128
191067
191171
191293
1913115
1914124
1915128
1916115
1917116
1918137
1919112
1920118
1921103
1922109
1923117
1924105
1925100
1926118
1927119
1928119
1929101
1930120
1931162
1932130
193397
1934128
1935105
1936114
1937107
1938121
1939112
1940110
1941111
1942112
1943102
194488
194586
194672
194766
194864
194968
195053
195148
195256
195344
195433
195532
195638
195726
195820
195924
196018
196120
196223
196319
196415
196514
196613
196720
196810
196913
197012
197120
197216
197319
197412
197513
197611
19779
19785
19795
19806
19816
19824
19838
19845
19855
19874
19886
19903
19923
19943
19983

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gaylord isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1998
5
Rank in 1998
#9,631
How rare
1 in 382,273 boys
Since 1882
6,086

Gaylord was last recorded in 1998. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1931, at 162 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Gaylord doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.