Gayleen — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gayleen

The Social Security Administration has registered 565 babies named Gayleen between 1933 and 1981, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gayleen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gayleen performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 206 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gayleen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Gayleen in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gayleen 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 565 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.