Gailann — girls' name
19 babies named Gailann in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Gailann was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Gailann in 1948 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gailann
The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Gailann between 1941 and 1948, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gailann currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1948. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gailann performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gailann 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 19 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.
Gailann at a glance
Last recorded 1948Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gailann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1941
- Peak year (1948)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1948.
19 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1948 with 8 births in a single year.
Gailann by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 19 births that decade — 100% of Gailann's all-time total
Gailann decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Gailann's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 1941–1948 (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.