Gayland — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gayland

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,025 babies named Gayland between 1917 and 1995, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gayland currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gayland performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 296 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Gayland shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 148 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Gayland in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gayland 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 1,025 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.