Gaylord — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gaylord

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,086 babies named Gaylord between 1882 and 1998, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gaylord currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 168 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaylord performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 1,270 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Gaylord shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 509 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Wisconsin and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Gaylord in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gaylord 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 6,086 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.