Given name
Gaylen
“a healer; one who is calm”
Gaylen is a variant of Galen. One Greek interpretation is “a healer; one who is calm.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gaylen is a variant of Galen. One Greek interpretation is “a healer; one who is calm.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gaylen is a variant of Galen. An origin associated with Galen is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gaylen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,373
- 2,025 boys · 348 girls
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 104 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 85% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 94 in 1949. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,628 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Gaylen
- Gaylen RossAmerican actress, documentary film producerborn 1950
- Gayle RankinScottish actressborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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