How Many People Are Named Gaylord?
people named Gaylord are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 191,476 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,091 babies named Gaylord in Social Security records from 1882 to 1998, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
168 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was derived from Old French gaillard "high-spirited, boistrous". This name was rarely used after the mid-20th century, when the word gay acquired the slang meaning "homosexual".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Gaylord (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gaylord alive today is about 71 years old, and 80% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 63 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gaylord first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1931, to 168 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1998.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 1998
🏆 Rank History
Gaylord has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #438, in 1931.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #438 (1931) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #568 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gaylord alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gaylord were born in California than in any other state: about 117 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gaylord was given 5.2 times as often in Nebraska, 4.8 times in Iowa and 4.4 times in Wisconsin.
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