Quick answers about Gaylon
How many people are named Gaylon?
An estimated 1,819 living Americans are named Gaylon.
How rare is Gaylon?
Gaylon fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Gaylon?
The median age of a living American named Gaylon is approximately 63 years, with most bearers falling between 51 and 72 years old.
Is Gaylon still popular?
Not especially. Gaylon has been declining since its 1949 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Gaylon most common?
Gaylon has its strongest geographic signal in Arkansas, where it appears 7.5× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Gaylon is most concentrated in Arkansas — about 7.5× the national rate in the 1950s.
States where Gaylon is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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