girls:
81 births since 1951
#5635 (1st percentile)
boys:
110 births since 1931
#4476 (2nd percentile)
overall:
191 births since 1931
#7548 (2nd percentile)
The name Gaylin is the #7,548 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 191 recorded births since 1931. This represents the 2.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,476 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 110 births since 1931. For girls, it ranks #5,635 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 81 births since 1951.
Gaylin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1931 (1931 for boys and 1951 for girls). Birth data for Gaylin is available in 25 out of the 63 years between 1931 and 1993 (16 years for boys and 14 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Gaylin has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (57.6% of all recorded births). In 1993, 0.0% of babies named Gaylin were boys. Interestingly, until around 1963, the name was more popular for boys (70.3% boys from 1931 to 1962), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (68.3% girls from 1963 to 1993).
For boys, Gaylin reached its peak popularity in 1950, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #592) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1950, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1975.
For girls, Gaylin reached its peak popularity in 1952, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #686) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1952, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1993.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gaylin".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Gaylin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.2% confident that Gaylin is pronounced as GAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is GAY-leen, at 10.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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