How Many People Are Named Gaylan?
people named Gaylan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,045,213 people in the US has this name
Based on 527 babies named Gaylan in Social Security records from 1924 to 1995, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
37 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Gaylan, 11% were girls and 89% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1940s: 4% of the babies were girls then and 10.6% in the 1960s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gaylan alive today is about 68 years old, and 80% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gaylan first appears in the records in 1924 and was given most often in 1952, to 37 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1995.
Babies given the name each year, 1924 to 1995
🏆 Rank History
Gaylan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,355, in 1952.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,355 (1952) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,984 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gaylan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gaylan were born in Texas than in any other state: about 8 of those alive today.
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