Jaylan
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #12,243 · #2,641 for boys in 2025, 49 births
Given to boys 85.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2000 · 289 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,715since 1989
Jaylan over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #2,641 | 49 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,216 | 37 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,660 | 49 | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #2,299 | 62 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #2,410 | 56 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #2,323 | 58 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | #2,188 | 64 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #1,994 | 73 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #1,861 | 79 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #2,110 | 66 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | #2,036 | 70 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | #2,017 | 70 |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 | #1,685 | 88 |
| 2012 | #4,957 | 28 | #1,551 | 102 |
| 2011 | #4,681 | 30 | #1,371 | 122 |
| 2010 | #4,494 | 32 | #1,149 | 161 |
| 2009 | #4,571 | 32 | #1,045 | 182 |
| 2008 | #4,089 | 38 | #968 | 206 |
| 2007 | #5,097 | 28 | #846 | 250 |
| 2006 | #3,368 | 48 | #693 | 321 |
| 2005 | #3,809 | 38 | #729 | 277 |
| 2004 | #3,490 | 42 | #697 | 277 |
| 2003 | #3,043 | 49 | #730 | 249 |
| 2002 | #3,196 | 44 | #701 | 255 |
| 2001 | #3,046 | 46 | #638 | 292 |
| 2000 | #2,672 | 55 | #632 | 289 |
| 1999 | #2,782 | 49 | #784 | 196 |
| 1998 | #3,173 | 39 | #900 | 160 |
| 1997 | #4,239 | 25 | #845 | 168 |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 | #962 | 133 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | #1,144 | 100 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | #1,409 | 69 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #1,620 | 55 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jaylan! It came in at #7,905, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1989–1990, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jaylan is popular in 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Carolina#324 · 1 in 2,205
- Mississippi#375 · 1 in 2,191
- Tennessee#380 · 1 in 3,003
- Alabama#401 · 1 in 2,802
- Georgia#490 · 1 in 3,439
Best ever in a state: #169 in Mississippi, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #324 | 22 | 1 in 2,205 |
| Mississippi | #375 | 7 | 1 in 2,191 |
| Tennessee | #380 | 12 | 1 in 3,003 |
| Alabama | #401 | 9 | 1 in 2,802 |
| Georgia | #490 | 15 | 1 in 3,439 |
| South Carolina | #539 | 5 | 1 in 4,106 |
| Ohio | #586 | 10 | 1 in 6,998 |
| Louisiana | #630 | 6 | 1 in 4,539 |
| Indiana | #655 | 5 | 1 in 7,608 |
| Illinois | #757 | 10 | 1 in 8,033 |
| Texas | #866 | 15 | 1 in 10,707 |
| California | #1,161 | 12 | 1 in 20,277 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Jaylan
- 575 spots since 2024 (#3,216 → #2,641)
- 318 spots since 2020 (#2,323 → #2,641)
- 605 spots since 2015 (#2,036 → #2,641)
- Biggest jump: 182 spots in 1996 (#1,144 → #962)
- Biggest drop: 153 spots in 2007 (#693 → #846)
- Debuted 1989
- Peaked 2000 at #632 (289 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1996–2008
- Highest: 1 in 6,403 boys born in 2006 were named Jaylan (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 34,859 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #632 in 2000, was only 1 in 6,796 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 55.1% of all boys named Jaylan (2,598) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #7,905 (1989) | #7,905 |
| 1990s | 906 | #784 (1999) | #1,960 |
| 2000s | 2,598 | #632 (2000) | #768 |
| 2010s | 895 | #1,149 (2010) | #1,796 |
| 2020s | 311 | #2,299 (2022) | #2,592 |
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.
Jaylan in 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 45,306 of them was named Jaylan, which outranked 80.9% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,116Xochilt40
- #3,116Yamilet40
- #3,116Zoee40
- #3,173Jaylan39
- #3,173Aide39
- #3,173Aislynn39
- #3,173Alixandra39
- #3,222Abrielle38
- #3,222Addyson38
- #3,222Adrionna38
Tied with 48 names at #3,173; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 11,946 of them was named Jaylan, which outranked 92.0% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #895Tyrik162
- #898Brennon161
- #898Markel161
- #900Jaylan160
- #900Andreas160
- #900Blaise160
- #900Gonzalo160
- #906Markell159
- #906Phoenix159
- #906Reilly159
Tied with 5 names at #900; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.