Jaylen

#4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births · #361 for boys in 2025, 907 births
Given to boys 89.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
2009 · 2,236 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
40,904
since 1991

Jaylen over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #858, 2008peak #175, 2009girlsboys
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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#4,06735#361907
2024#3,11951#3231,066
2023#2,46672#2701,245
2022#2,34679#3191,053
2021#2,07192#3171,045
2020#1,908100#3191,037
2019#1,789114#336998
2018#1,554139#340983
2017#1,409162#342995
2016#1,425162#369901
2015#1,520148#3431,004
2014#1,436158#3171,097
2013#1,277185#2911,200
2012#1,085229#2561,434
2011#1,061232#2061,727
2010#904289#2031,812
2009#884310#1752,236
2008#858324#1852,156
2007#868321#1932,085
2006#1,036247#1912,077
2005#1,093218#1941,999
2004#958250#2051,791
2003#1,149188#2031,814
2002#1,205168#2151,598
2001#1,235163#2381,426
2000#1,310145#2241,514
1999#1,431122#293980
1998#1,81985#349758
1997#2,39155#477451
1996#2,17762#495426
1995#2,42153#520385
1994#3,30234#542357
1993#3,15836#667238
1992#6,65213#1,094101
1991#11,5096#5,9428
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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 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #171 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 664 boysAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedNHWashington: #374 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,480 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #338 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,668 boysMNIllinois: #176 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 838 boysILWisconsin: #231 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,406 boysWIMichigan: #142 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 697 boysMINew York: #215 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 1,380 boysNYMassachusetts: #248 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,907 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedORNevada: #383 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,476 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedSDIowa: #365 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,775 boysIAIndiana: #144 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 634 boysINOhio: #222 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 1,440 boysOHPennsylvania: #363 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 3,131 boysPANew Jersey: #267 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,917 boysNJConnecticut: #176 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,136 boysCTCalifornia: #348 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 2,407 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedUTColorado: #467 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,553 boysCONebraska: #271 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,453 boysNEMissouri: #202 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 1,109 boysMOKentucky: #179 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 968 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedWVVirginia: #130 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 662 boysVAMaryland: #174 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 991 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedDEArizona: #410 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,917 boysAZNew Mexico: #361 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,129 boysNMKansas: #240 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,178 boysKSArkansas: #136 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 596 boysARTennessee: #159 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 870 boysTNNorth Carolina: #107 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 497 boysNCSouth Carolina: #121 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 615 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #168 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 696 boysDCOklahoma: #232 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,145 boysOKLouisiana: #123 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 545 boysLAMississippi: #76 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 324 boysMSAlabama: #107 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 496 boysALGeorgia: #107 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 523 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedHITexas: #299 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 1,648 boysTXFlorida: #203 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 1,130 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#76 · 1 in 324
  2. Alabama#107 · 1 in 496
  3. North Carolina#107 · 1 in 497
  4. Georgia#107 · 1 in 523
  5. South Carolina#121 · 1 in 615

Best ever in a state: #45 in Mississippi, 2008.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#76481 in 324
Alabama#107511 in 496
Georgia#1071061 in 523
North Carolina#1071041 in 497
South Carolina#121341 in 615
Louisiana#123501 in 545
Virginia#130621 in 662
Arkansas#136251 in 596
Michigan#142851 in 697
Indiana#144621 in 634
Tennessee#159421 in 870
District of Columbia#16871 in 696
Alaska#17151 in 664
Maryland#174291 in 991
Connecticut#176161 in 1,136
Illinois#176961 in 838
Kentucky#179251 in 968
Missouri#202311 in 1,109
Florida#203791 in 1,130
New York#215831 in 1,380
Ohio#222491 in 1,440
Wisconsin#231211 in 1,406
Oklahoma#232181 in 1,145
Kansas#240141 in 1,178
Massachusetts#248191 in 1,907
New Jersey#267251 in 1,917
Nebraska#27171 in 1,453
Texas#2991041 in 1,648
Minnesota#338111 in 2,668
California#3481031 in 2,407
New Mexico#36151 in 2,129
Pennsylvania#363211 in 3,131
Iowa#36561 in 2,775
Washington#374141 in 2,480
Nevada#38351 in 2,476
Arizona#410131 in 2,917
Colorado#46781 in 3,553
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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
  • 38 spots since 2024 (#323 → #361)
  • 42 spots since 2020 (#319 → #361)
  • 18 spots since 2015 (#343 → #361)
  • Biggest jump: 427 spots in 1993 (#1,094 → #667)
  • Biggest drop: 53 spots in 2024 (#270 → #323)
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s3,704#293 (1999)#1,153
2000s18,696#175 (2009)#202
2010s12,151#203 (2010)#300
2020s6,353#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.

Jaylen in 2000

girls
#1,310
145 births · 1 in 12,524 girls
boys
#224
1,514 births · 1 in 1,297 boys

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #1,310Jaylen145

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #224Jaylen1,514
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 12,524 of them was named Jaylen, which outranked 92.6% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jaylen
  1. #1,305Jami146
  2. #1,305Kaytlyn146
  3. #1,305Mari146
  4. #1,310Jaylen145
  5. #1,310Aidan145
  6. #1,310Aleena145
  7. #1,310Danyelle145
  8. #1,318Analisa144
  9. #1,318Corrine144
  10. #1,318Kalista144

Tied with 7 names at #1,310; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,528Laisha#3,509 → #981
  2. ↑ 2,131Litzy#2,527 → #396
  3. ↑ 2,096Cielo#2,991 → #895
  4. ↑ 1,864Yamilet#2,703 → #839
  5. ↑ 1,775Nyah#2,567 → #792
Fallers
  1. ↓ 560Tatyanna#951 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 529Jailene#506 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 431Shanice#727 → #1,158
  4. ↓ 384Chantal#921 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 348Infant#658 → #1,006

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

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 1,297 of them was named Jaylen, which outranked 98.2% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jaylen
  1. #221Enrique1,537
  2. #222Keith1,525
  3. #223Raul1,519
  4. #224Jaylen1,514
  5. #224Troy1,514
  6. #226Jonathon1,499
  7. #227Cory1,496
  8. #227Eli1,496

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,806Maximus#5,656 → #850
  2. ↑ 2,950Elian#3,376 → #426
  3. ↑ 438Axel#799 → #361
  4. ↑ 437Luca#1,063 → #626
  5. ↑ 403Jevon#1,039 → #636
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,334Trajan#996 → #2,330
  2. ↓ 498Jordi#743 → #1,241
  3. ↓ 322Auston#931 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 298Tyreke#737 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 274Tahj#863 → #1,137

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

See the top 100 for 2000 →