Gaylon
Recorded 1912–2018 · United States
Gaylon was most popular in 1950, when 103 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,506 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,696 people named Gaylon.
Gaylon over time
How old is the name Gaylon?
Gaylon first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1912, which makes it about 113 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 96 of the 114 years since. It was last recorded in 2018.
How many people are named Gaylon?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,696 American births named Gaylon between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,192 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Gaylon in 2025?
Gaylon was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Gaylon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Gaylon is mostly a boy’s name — 5.9% of the 3,696 Americans given it were girls and 94.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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.
How old is someone named Gaylon?
Roughly 2,192 Americans named Gaylon are alive today — 59% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 66 years old, and half are between 54 and 75.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Gaylon 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