How Many People Are Named Gaylon?
people named Gaylon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 158,453 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,696 babies named Gaylon in Social Security records from 1912 to 2018, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
103 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Gaylon, 7.3% were girls and 92.7% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gaylon alive today is about 62 years old, and 63% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 53 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gaylon first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1950, to 103 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2018.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2018
🏆 Rank History
Gaylon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #673, in 1940.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #673 (1940) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #828 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gaylon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gaylon were born in Texas than in any other state: about 497 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gaylon was given 12.6 times as often in Arkansas, 9.8 times in Texas and 3.6 times in Tennessee.
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