Is Gaylene a boy or girl name?

Gaylene is a girl’s name. Of the 2,570 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Gaylene

Recorded 1931–1995 · United States

Gaylene was most popular in 1956, when 118 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,572 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,570 people named Gaylene.

Gaylene over time

Births per year. The dot marks Gaylene’s peak in 1956. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Gaylene a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Gaylene is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,570 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% 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 Gaylene

Where Gaylene 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