Jaelyn
- #1,962 for girls in 2025, 98 births
- #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
- Given to girls 91.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2008 · 1,014 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,201since 1963
Jaelyn over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,962 | 98 | #5,045 | 19 |
| 2024 | #1,559 | 136 | #3,605 | 31 |
| 2023 | #1,310 | 173 | #3,117 | 39 |
| 2022 | #1,183 | 203 | #4,089 | 26 |
| 2021 | #1,075 | 233 | #2,862 | 43 |
| 2020 | #1,003 | 254 | #3,025 | 38 |
| 2019 | #968 | 270 | #3,899 | 27 |
| 2018 | #827 | 328 | #3,106 | 37 |
| 2017 | #708 | 406 | #3,071 | 38 |
| 2016 | #609 | 493 | #3,441 | 32 |
| 2015 | #601 | 490 | #2,919 | 40 |
| 2014 | #641 | 446 | #3,154 | 35 |
| 2013 | #579 | 496 | #2,715 | 43 |
| 2012 | #471 | 651 | #2,678 | 45 |
| 2011 | #417 | 760 | #2,035 | 66 |
| 2010 | #368 | 865 | #1,940 | 72 |
| 2009 | #348 | 942 | #1,581 | 102 |
| 2008 | #332 | 1,014 | #1,899 | 76 |
| 2007 | #360 | 905 | #2,117 | 64 |
| 2006 | #442 | 722 | #2,126 | 61 |
| 2005 | #500 | 606 | #2,297 | 51 |
| 2004 | #505 | 576 | #2,102 | 56 |
| 2003 | #535 | 528 | #2,031 | 56 |
| 2002 | #538 | 510 | #2,428 | 41 |
| 2001 | #562 | 460 | #2,489 | 39 |
| 2000 | #616 | 412 | #2,049 | 49 |
| 1999 | #714 | 317 | #2,231 | 41 |
| 1998 | #899 | 234 | #1,719 | 59 |
| 1997 | #1,139 | 164 | #2,903 | 26 |
| 1996 | #1,318 | 129 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #1,492 | 106 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #1,841 | 77 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #2,195 | 60 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #3,773 | 28 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | — | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | — | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | — | |
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| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1963
The first year at least five girls were named Jaelyn! It came in at #6,592, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1974, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jaelyn is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Illinois#1,113 · 1 in 6,333
- New York#1,526 · 1 in 9,791
- California#1,830 · 1 in 14,702
- Texas#2,038 · 1 in 16,054
Best ever in a state: #95 in South Dakota, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Illinois | #1,113 | 7 | 1 in 6,333 |
| New York | #1,526 | 8 | 1 in 9,791 |
| California | #1,830 | 11 | 1 in 14,702 |
| Texas | #2,038 | 10 | 1 in 16,054 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jaelyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 959 spots since 2020 (#1,003 → #1,962)
- Biggest jump: 240 spots in 1998
- Biggest drop: 141 spots in 2019
Rise & fade · girls
45 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 2008 at #332 (1,014 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1998–2019
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,865
- Highest: 1 in 1,865 girls born in 2008 were named Jaelyn (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,401 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 47.0% of all girls named Jaelyn (6,675) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #6,592 (1963) | #6,592 |
| 1970s | 14 | #5,984 (1975) | #7,380 |
| 1980s | 66 | #5,678 (1985) | #7,933 |
| 1990s | 1,139 | #714 (1999) | #2,750 |
| 2000s | 6,675 | #332 (2008) | #474 |
| 2010s | 5,205 | #368 (2010) | #619 |
| 2020s | 1,097 | #1,003 (2020) | #1,349 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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