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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Gaylene

Gaylene was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1956, when it ranked 930th with 118 babies. More babies were named Gaylene in the 1950s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1956118 babies
Total since 1880
2,570babies recorded

Gaylene popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990#13,6935
1980#10,8955
1970#1,93644
1960#1,11894
1950#1,07873
1940#1,27934
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Gaylene, counting every spelling?

Gaylene has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Gaylene?

About 1,900 people born in the US named Gaylene are alive today, with a median age of 68; half are between 61 and 74. That makes Gaylene a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Gaylene by state

How common Gaylene was among girls born in each state in 1954–1958, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Utah (20.5×), Nebraska (7.4×). In 41 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesID0.38Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMN0.03Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesIA0.11Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesOH0.03Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesCA0.07Utah: 0.97 per 1,000 babiesUT0.97Colorado: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesCO0.15Nebraska: 0.35 per 1,000 babiesNE0.35Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesKS0.17Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Gaylene, girls, 1954–1958. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Gaylene: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Gaylene, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Gaylene

How popular is the name Gaylene?

Gaylene was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1956, when it ranked 930th with 118 babies. More babies were named Gaylene in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Is Gaylene a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 2,570 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Gaylene most popular?

In 1954–1958, Gaylene was most common in Utah (0.97 per 1,000 girls), followed by Idaho and Nebraska.