Girls' name · since 1967
Gaelyn
Gaelyn has 64 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,092 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1967
- 1990s
- peak decade
64 girls have been named Gaelyn since 1967, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Gaelyn has 64 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 1999.
- #32,092 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 64 born since 1967
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gaelyn ranks #32,092 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 1967, peaking in the 1990s.
- #32,092 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1967
- 1990s
- peak decade
Gaelyn's 64 recorded births place it above 55.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gaelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Gaelyn's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1967, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Gaelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1999
- Peak year (1997)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Gaelyn by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (43 births, 67% of the file).
1990s was Gaelyn's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Gaelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 43 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gaelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1967–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gaelyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.