Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Gaylene isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1931. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gaylene through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,570
- 0 boys · 2,570 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 118 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 118 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,167 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 1
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 Gaylene
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Gaylene, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Raylene
“son of grace”
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“ouf little darling”
>99% girls
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>99% girls
Ilene
“the light-bearer; from the green meadow”
>99% girls
Rennie
“one who has been reborn” · “one who is helpful; generous”
14% boys · 86% girls
Cathleen
“one who is pure; virginal”
>99% girls
Darleen
“ouf little darling”
>99% girls
Ginny
“one who is chaste; virginal”
>99% girls