Is Gaylen a boy or girl name?

Gaylen is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 2,373 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 14.7% were girls and 85.3% were boys.

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Gaylen

Recorded 1915–2005 · United States

Gaylen was most popular in 1949, when 104 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,483 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,373 people named Gaylen.

Gaylen over time

Births per year. The dot marks Gaylen’s peak in 1949. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Gaylen a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Gaylen is mostly a boy’s name — 14.7% of the 2,373 Americans given it were girls and 85.3% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Gaylen

Where Gaylen is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org