Gaylan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gaylan

The Social Security Administration has registered 481 babies named Gaylan between 1924 and 1995, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gaylan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 31 babies received it in a single year. Gaylan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 46 additional births since 1948.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaylan performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 162 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Gaylan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gaylan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gaylan 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 481 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.