Gaylyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gaylyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 303 babies named Gaylyn between 1943 and 1997, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gaylyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaylyn performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gaylyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gaylyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gaylyn 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 303 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.