Boys' name · since 2014
Gatlen
Gatlen has 39 recorded births since 2014 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,866 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 39
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gatlen sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 39 recorded since 2014.
Gatlen has 39 recorded births among boys since 2014, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2024.
- #23,866 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 39 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gatlen ranks #23,866 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 39 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,866 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 39
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gatlen's 39 recorded births place it above 47.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gatlen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gatlen splits its recorded history at 2020: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2014 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gatlen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2024
- Peak year (2022)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Gatlen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (20 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Gatlen's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Gatlen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 20 births (51% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gatlen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2014–2024 (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 Gatlen 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.