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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Gaylord

Gaylord was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1931, when it ranked 438th with 168 babies. More babies were named Gaylord in the 1940s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1931168 babies
Total since 1880
6,091babies recorded

Gaylord popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 1942.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990#6,6757
1980#3,70211
1970#1,86523
1960#1,25939
1950#70894
1940#514127
1930#522132
1920#548126
1910#89113
1900#9948
1890——
1880——

How popular is Gaylord, counting every spelling?

Gaylord has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Gaylord?

About 1,700 people born in the US named Gaylord are alive today, with a median age of 74; half are between 63 and 81. That makes Gaylord 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.

Gaylord by state

How common Gaylord was among boys born in each state in 1929–1933, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Iowa (4.5×), Wisconsin (4.3×), Kansas (3.1×), Michigan (2.3×). In 35 states fewer than five boys 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: 0.53 per 1,000 babiesWI0.53Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesMN0.19Illinois: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesIL0.18Michigan: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesMI0.28New York: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNY0.04Massachusetts: 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: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesSD0.18Iowa: 0.55 per 1,000 babiesIA0.55Indiana: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesIN0.18Ohio: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesOH0.18Pennsylvania: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesPA0.07New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesCA0.17Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesNE0.34Missouri: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMO0.04Kentucky: 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: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesKS0.38Arkansas: 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: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesOK0.04Louisiana: 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: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesTX0.02Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Gaylord, boys, 1929–1933. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Gaylord

How popular is the name Gaylord?

Gaylord was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1931, when it ranked 438th with 168 babies. More babies were named Gaylord in the 1940s than in any other decade.

Is Gaylord a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 5 girls and 6,086 boys.

Where was Gaylord most popular?

In 1929–1933, Gaylord was most common in Iowa (0.55 per 1,000 boys), followed by Wisconsin and Kansas.