Girls' name · since 1947
Gailene
Since 1947, U.S. Social Security records show 62 babies named Gailene, peaking in 1962. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,472 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1947
- 1960s
- peak decade
Gailene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 62 recorded since 1947.
Gailene has 62 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1967.
- #32,472 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 62 born since 1947
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gailene ranks #32,472 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 62 born since 1947, peaking in the 1960s.
- #32,472 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1947
- 1960s
- peak decade
Gailene's 62 recorded births place it above 54.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gailene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Gailene's SSA record in two at 1957 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1947, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1962 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Gailene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1967
- Peak year (1962)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Gailene by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (29 births, 47% of the file).
1960s was Gailene's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Gailene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s
1950s
23 births
- 1960s
1960s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 29 births (47% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gailene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~20 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, 1947–1967 (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 Gailene 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.