Masculine dossier · first seen 1882

Gaylord

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gaylord
Creator: Social Security Administration

Extinct Near statistical disappearance

Peak era

1931

Peak rank proxy

168

Current vitality

Dormant

Generation

Silent Generation

1882Peak 19312024

Peak year

1931

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

6,086

Gaylord has moved from ordinary use into the archive. Its peak belongs most strongly to the Silent Generation naming world, and its absence today gives the name the strange clarity of a cultural fossil.

Your name peaked in 1931, when 168 boys were named Gaylord.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 6,086 Americans have been named Gaylord and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1882.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryNear statistical disappearance

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