Boy
Gaylord
As a boy's name, Gaylord is understood to mean "high-spirited, jovial". It seems to have quietly disappeared from birth records after the 1940s. Today, it is seldom chosen in the registry. The registry counts around 6,022 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
Old FrenchOld French
EtymologyMeaning "high-spirited, jovial"
Births by decade
1900s
114
1910s
776
1920s
1,223
1930s
1,263
1940s
1,275
1950s
744
1960s
323
1970s
202
1980s
80
1990s
22
2000s
0
2010s
0
Peaked in the 1940s · 6,022 total U.S. births since 1900