How Many People Are Named Gaylene?

1,945

people named Gaylene are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 175,724 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,570 babies named Gaylene in Social Security records from 1931 to 1995, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,853

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,829

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Peak Year

1956

118 births

Trend

1995

Last year given

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Gaylene in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Gaylene alive today is about 67 years old, and 77% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 60 and 73 in 2025.

Under 30 0
0%
30 to 59 438
22.5%
60 and over 1,507
77.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Gaylene first appears in the records in 1931 and was given most often in 1956, to 118 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1995.

Babies given the name each year, 1931 to 1995

🏆 Rank History

Gaylene has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #929, in 1956.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#929 (1956)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,067 in the 1950s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Gaylene alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Gaylene were born in California than in any other state: about 276 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gaylene was given 34.4 times as often in Utah, 11.3 times in Nebraska and 6.4 times in Kansas.

California 276
Utah 135
Nebraska 66
Kansas 54
Texas 47
Ohio 32
Colorado 30
Washington 23
Idaho 22
Iowa 17
Oklahoma 16
Minnesota 16
Michigan 8
Illinois 8
Pennsylvania 3

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