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Gayland

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Gayland is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
195047 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1917
1,025people given the name
Babies named Gayland, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,025 boys have been named Gayland in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1950, with 47 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 47 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1951, and the 1950s alone account for 29%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Gayland
1910s13
1920s51
1930s145
1940s239
1950s296
1960s149
1970s86
1980s41
1990s5

In 1950, its biggest year

Gayland was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1950 were James, Robert, John, Michael and David. See all of 1950.

Names that rose and fell with Gayland

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.