Jaslyn

Where Jaslyn comes from

Jaslyn hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1977
    First appearance
    #4,235 among girls, 16 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1983
    Jaslyn Hewitt born
    Australian tennis player
  3. 2000
    Jaslyn Hooi born
    badminton player
  4. 2008
    Peak, #884
    315 babies named Jaslyn — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,622.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Jaslyn Hooi · badminton player, born 2000
  • Jaslyn Hewitt · Australian tennis player, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.