Gaylen

Girl · recorded 1938–1998

  • 1998last recorded
  • 1948best year

Most popular in 1948.

Last recorded in 1998. Fewer than five girls 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 Gaylen.

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Its story

Popularity since 1938

061119381953196819831998

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 36 recorded years as a table
Gaylen, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19385
19427
194310
19448
194510
19465
19477
194811
19496
19506
195110
19526
19533
19545
19557
19567
19575
19587
19596
19607
19616
19643
19653
19664
19684
19694
19703
19745
19814
19835
19853
19924
19945
19953
19965
19983

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gaylen 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1998
5
Rank in 1998
#14,122
How rare
1 in 353,389 girls
Since 1938
348

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

Most popular in 1948, at 11 per million girls born.

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

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