Baylen

#3,130 for girls in 2025, 51 births · #2,145 for boys in 2025, 67 births
Given to boys 83.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2024 · 97 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,392
since 1971

Baylen over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997girlsat peakboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,13051#2,14567
2024#7,59414#1,70997
2023#4,99926#1,99976
2022#8,54212#2,32561
2021#12,2067#3,58231
2020#15,0885#2,92540
2019#9,11211#3,14337
2018#9,15111#2,94340
2017#10,6899#2,59748
2016#16,2155#2,55149
2015#10,14810#2,76643
2014#9,51711#2,20561
2013#7,37216#2,02167
2012#6,11021#1,95972
2011#9,72311#1,94771
2010#12,2768#1,77883
2009#12,4298#3,33233
2008#17,5045#4,26723
2007#15,4916#4,37522
2006—#2,83240
2005—#3,71025
2004#12,7617#4,00522
2003—#5,03515
2002—#3,90921
2001—#4,47617
2000—#3,92220
1999—#3,48022
1998—#3,59720
1997#12,0706#2,68029
1996#13,5185#3,29321
1995—#3,55918
1994—#4,53713
1993#13,4425#4,69712
1992—#3,33819
1991—#7,2716
1990—#5,3829
1989—#4,81110
1988—#4,16211
1987—#4,5739
1986—#5,3327
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five boys were named Baylen! It came in at #4,907, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1971–1985, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Baylen is popular in 1997

No state had 5 or more boys named Baylen in 1997, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Baylen
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 436 spots since 2024 (#1,709 → #2,145)
  • 780 spots since 2020 (#2,925 → #2,145)
  • 621 spots since 2015 (#2,766 → #2,145)
Rise & fade · boys
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 2024 at #1,709 (97 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,762
  • Highest: 1 in 17,762 boys born in 2024 were named Baylen (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 25,494 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 41.0% of all boys named Baylen (571) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s5#4,907 (1971)#4,907
1980s37#4,162 (1988)#4,720
1990s169#2,680 (1997)#4,183
2000s238#2,832 (2006)#3,986
2010s571#1,778 (2010)#2,391
2020s372#1,709 (2024)#2,448

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Baylen in 1997

girls
#12,070
6 births · 1 in 290,118 girls
boys
#2,680
29 births · 1 in 65,005 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #12,070Baylen6

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #2,680Baylen29
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 290,118 of them was named Baylen, which outranked 25.3% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Baylen
  1. #10,836Zikeya7
  2. #10,836Zoraya7
  3. #10,836Zuly7
  4. #12,070Baylen6
  5. #12,070Aalexis6
  6. #12,070Aalexus6
  7. #12,070Aalia6
  8. #13,724Aalaiyah5
  9. #13,724Aalyssa5
  10. #13,724Aasia5

Tied with 1,653 names at #12,070; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 65,005 of them was named Baylen, which outranked 75.2% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Baylen
  1. #2,613Zachory30
  2. #2,613Zaine30
  3. #2,613Zamir30
  4. #2,680Baylen29
  5. #2,680Andrey29
  6. #2,680Argenis29
  7. #2,680Aris29
  8. #2,750Abbas28
  9. #2,750Ansel28
  10. #2,750Anselmo28

Tied with 69 names at #2,680; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,420Jaret#2,145 → #725
  2. ↑ 712Kobe#1,265 → #553
  3. ↑ 580Ronaldo#1,465 → #885
  4. ↑ 420Jarett#1,334 → #914
  5. ↑ 416Gianni#1,093 → #677
Fallers
  1. ↓ 562Shaquille#662 → #1,224
  2. ↓ 373Dalvin#977 → #1,350
  3. ↓ 355Montel#990 → #1,345
  4. ↓ 328Codie#884 → #1,212
  5. ↓ 328Jair#884 → #1,212

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1997 →