Baby name

Gaylon

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6% girls / 94% boys

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Classic name

In 1949, Gaylon reached its peak: 94 boys, 1 baby in 37,065. A lasting presence, with births recorded in 96 years out of 146. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

3,478births since 1880

1940sgeneration

No. 706rank at its peak, in 1949

Where babies named Gaylon are born

1949

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The darker the blue, the more common Gaylon is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Gaylon is most common in Arkansas (13.6 times) and Texas (9.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Waylon 55,048
Jaylon 10,190
Daylon 3,284
Gaylen 2,025
Kaylon 1,348
Raylon 1,288

Names from the same era

Lawerence · Lindell · Lenwood · Wayman · Wardell · Rollie

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

Decade	Girls	Boys
1910s	0%	100%
1920s	0%	100%
1930s	4%	96%
1940s	7%	93%
1950s	9%	91%
1960s	10%	90%
1970s	2%	98%
1980s	0%	100%
1990s	0%	100%
2000s	0%	100%
2010s	0%	100%