Gaylord vs Gaynell
American parents have registered 6,091 Gaylords since 1880, against 4,269 Gaynells. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Gaylord Gaynell
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 108 years in which either name was published, Gaylord for 76 years and Gaynell for 32 years. The lead changed hands 18 times.
- 1889–1892 Gaylord ahead
- 1893–1898 Gaynell ahead
- 1908–1951 Gaylord ahead
- 1952–1969 Gaynell ahead
- 1970–1998 Gaylord ahead, apart from 2 short spells
12 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Gaylord | Gaynell | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 6,091 | 4,269 |
| Most in one year | 168 | 117 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 1,800 | 2,000 |
| Median age today | 73 | 72 |
| Peak year | 1931 | 1952 |
| Best rank | 438th boys | 849th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1882 | 1886 |
| Girls / boys | 5 / 6,086 | 4,251 / 18 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Where each one is strongest
- Gaylord Nebraska (7.2×), Iowa (6.7×), Wisconsin (5.0×)
- Gaynell Louisiana (16.3×), Alabama (8.2×), Virginia (4.8×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Gaylord and Gaynell.