Gaylin is a very rare variant of Galen that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.
Gaylin is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1993. Gaylin first appears in 1931 and peaked in 1950 (13 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 5 | — | #14,246 | — |
| 1992 | 5 | — | #14,013 | — |
| 1976 | 5 | — | #9,769 | — |
| 1975 | 5 | — | — | #5,767 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | — | #3,819 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | #8,403 | — |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #7,370 | — |
| 1967 | 7 | — | #5,656 | — |
| 1966 | 7 | — | — | #3,342 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #6,849 | — |
| 1963 | 6 | — | #6,101 | — |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #6,905 | — |
| 1961 | 6 | — | — | #3,788 |
| 1958 | 16 | — | #5,637 | #2,705 |
| 1954 | 12 | — | #6,035 | #3,267 |
| 1953 | 12 | — | #5,256 | #3,561 |
| 1952 | 14 | — | #3,917 | #3,938 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | #4,524 | #3,489 |
| 1950 | 13 | — | — | #2,142 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | — | #2,681 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | — | #3,446 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | — | #3,125 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | — | #3,722 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | — | #3,434 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | — | #3,988 |