Gaylord
Gaylord is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 438th, in 1931.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1931168 births
- Best rank
- #438in 1931
- Since 1882
- 6,086people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,086 boys have been named Gaylord in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1931, with 168 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 168 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1936, and the 1940s alone account for 21%. It has spent 65 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gaylord | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 25 | |
| 1890s | 44 | |
| 1900s | 114 | |
| 1910s | 776 | |
| 1920s | 1,223 | |
| 1930s | 1,263 | |
| 1940s | 1,270 | |
| 1950s | 744 | |
| 1960s | 323 | |
| 1970s | 202 | |
| 1980s | 80 | |
| 1990s | 22 |
In 1931, its biggest year
Gaylord was the 438th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1931 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1931.
Names that rose and fell with Gaylord
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Arnoldpeak 1924
- Boycepeak 1934
- Delmarpeak 1931
- Normanpeak 1928
- Delbertpeak 1932
- Hershelpeak 1924
- Weldonpeak 1920
- Ancilpeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.