Gaelyn — girls' name
64 babies named Gaelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Gaelyn was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Gaelyn in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gaelyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 64 babies named Gaelyn between 1967 and 1999, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gaelyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaelyn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Gaelyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gaelyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 64 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Gaelyn at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gaelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1967
- Peak year (1997)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
64 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 10 births in a single year.
Gaelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 43 births that decade — 67% of Gaelyn's all-time total
Gaelyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Gaelyn's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1967–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.