Gaylynn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gaylynn

The Social Security Administration has registered 415 babies named Gaylynn between 1944 and 1993, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gaylynn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaylynn performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 197 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gaylynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Gaylynn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gaylynn 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 415 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.