Jaylen
- #4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births
- #361 for boys in 2025, 907 births
- Given to boys 89.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2009 · 2,236 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 40,904since 1991
Jaylen over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #4,067 | 35 | #361 | 907 |
| 2024 | #3,119 | 51 | #323 | 1,066 |
| 2023 | #2,466 | 72 | #270 | 1,245 |
| 2022 | #2,346 | 79 | #319 | 1,053 |
| 2021 | #2,071 | 92 | #317 | 1,045 |
| 2020 | #1,908 | 100 | #319 | 1,037 |
| 2019 | #1,789 | 114 | #336 | 998 |
| 2018 | #1,554 | 139 | #340 | 983 |
| 2017 | #1,409 | 162 | #342 | 995 |
| 2016 | #1,425 | 162 | #369 | 901 |
| 2015 | #1,520 | 148 | #343 | 1,004 |
| 2014 | #1,436 | 158 | #317 | 1,097 |
| 2013 | #1,277 | 185 | #291 | 1,200 |
| 2012 | #1,085 | 229 | #256 | 1,434 |
| 2011 | #1,061 | 232 | #206 | 1,727 |
| 2010 | #904 | 289 | #203 | 1,812 |
| 2009 | #884 | 310 | #175 | 2,236 |
| 2008 | #858 | 324 | #185 | 2,156 |
| 2007 | #868 | 321 | #193 | 2,085 |
| 2006 | #1,036 | 247 | #191 | 2,077 |
| 2005 | #1,093 | 218 | #194 | 1,999 |
| 2004 | #958 | 250 | #205 | 1,791 |
| 2003 | #1,149 | 188 | #203 | 1,814 |
| 2002 | #1,205 | 168 | #215 | 1,598 |
| 2001 | #1,235 | 163 | #238 | 1,426 |
| 2000 | #1,310 | 145 | #224 | 1,514 |
| 1999 | #1,431 | 122 | #293 | 980 |
| 1998 | #1,819 | 85 | #349 | 758 |
| 1997 | #2,391 | 55 | #477 | 451 |
| 1996 | #2,177 | 62 | #495 | 426 |
| 1995 | #2,421 | 53 | #520 | 385 |
| 1994 | #3,302 | 34 | #542 | 357 |
| 1993 | #3,158 | 36 | #667 | 238 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #1,094 | 101 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #5,942 | 8 |
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First appearance
1991
The first year at least five boys were named Jaylen! It came in at #5,942, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1991, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.
Where Jaylen is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Massachusetts#163 · 1 in 659
- Rhode Island#177 · 1 in 521
- Florida#215 · 1 in 965
- New Hampshire#230 · 1 in 901
- Louisiana#239 · 1 in 911
Best ever in a state: #45 in Mississippi, 2008.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #163 | 41 | 1 in 659 |
| Rhode Island | #177 | 6 | 1 in 521 |
| Florida | #215 | 99 | 1 in 965 |
| New Hampshire | #230 | 5 | 1 in 901 |
| Louisiana | #239 | 21 | 1 in 911 |
| Mississippi | #259 | 12 | 1 in 903 |
| Virginia | #260 | 33 | 1 in 1,129 |
| New Jersey | #272 | 33 | 1 in 1,205 |
| New York | #288 | 65 | 1 in 1,299 |
| Alabama | #289 | 19 | 1 in 1,133 |
| Pennsylvania | #290 | 39 | 1 in 1,340 |
| Nevada | #299 | 10 | 1 in 1,129 |
| Georgia | #302 | 41 | 1 in 1,225 |
| North Carolina | #320 | 37 | 1 in 1,391 |
| Indiana | #325 | 23 | 1 in 1,377 |
| Maryland | #330 | 16 | 1 in 1,431 |
| Wisconsin | #340 | 16 | 1 in 1,465 |
| Arkansas | #353 | 9 | 1 in 1,398 |
| Connecticut | #361 | 8 | 1 in 1,651 |
| Ohio | #363 | 30 | 1 in 1,751 |
| Nebraska | #377 | 6 | 1 in 1,470 |
| Kansas | #386 | 9 | 1 in 1,561 |
| Tennessee | #388 | 21 | 1 in 1,751 |
| South Carolina | #414 | 12 | 1 in 1,767 |
| Minnesota | #420 | 13 | 1 in 1,885 |
| California | #433 | 74 | 1 in 2,371 |
| Missouri | #439 | 14 | 1 in 1,986 |
| Michigan | #461 | 18 | 1 in 2,233 |
| Illinois | #470 | 22 | 1 in 2,252 |
| Washington | #474 | 15 | 1 in 2,187 |
| Texas | #477 | 70 | 1 in 2,501 |
| Oklahoma | #504 | 8 | 1 in 2,210 |
| Kentucky | #569 | 7 | 1 in 2,934 |
| Iowa | #571 | 5 | 1 in 2,766 |
| Utah | #621 | 6 | 1 in 3,277 |
| Arizona | #634 | 10 | 1 in 3,272 |
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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 Jaylen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 42 spots since 2020 (#319 → #361)
- Biggest jump: 427 spots in 1993
- Biggest drop: 53 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1991
- Peaked 2009 at #175 (2,236 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1993–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 887
- Highest: 1 in 887 boys born in 2009 were named Jaylen (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,883 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 45.7% of all boys named Jaylen (18,696) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,704 | #293 (1999) | #1,153 |
| 2000s | 18,696 | #175 (2009) | #202 |
| 2010s | 12,151 | #203 (2010) | #300 |
| 2020s | 6,353 | #270 (2023) | #318 |
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.
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