Gaylia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gaylia

The Social Security Administration has registered 218 babies named Gaylia between 1928 and 1961, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gaylia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaylia performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Gaylia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gaylia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gaylia 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 218 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.