Gatlyn — #6092 US boys' name
237 babies named Gatlyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 57% of names given to boys today.
59% of everyone ever named Gatlyn was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Gatlyn in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gatlyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 237 babies named Gatlyn between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gatlyn currently holds the #6092 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 24 babies received it in a single year. Gatlyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 52 additional births since 2016.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gatlyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 140 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Gatlyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gatlyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gatlyn 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 237 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.
Gatlyn at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Gatlyn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2020)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #6092 among boys.
237 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 24 births in a single year.
Gatlyn popularity over time — girls
52 total births recorded since 2016 (Gatlyn as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Gatlyn accounts for 18% of total recorded use across both genders.
Gatlyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 140 births that decade — 59% of Gatlyn's all-time total
Gatlyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 140 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Gatlyn's strongest decade
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Gatlyn by state
Where Gatlyn concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 4.6% |
11 of 237 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2005–2024 (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.