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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #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 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedAKMaine: 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: #472 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,464 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: #445 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,222 boysMNIllinois: #310 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 1,492 boysILWisconsin: #441 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,340 boysWIMichigan: #365 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,765 boysMINew York: #333 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 1,741 boysNYMassachusetts: #283 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,489 boysMARhode Island: #170 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 587 boysRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedORNevada: #318 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,316 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedSDIowa: #304 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,197 boysIAIndiana: #418 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,123 boysINOhio: #325 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 1,549 boysOHPennsylvania: #374 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 2,045 boysPANew Jersey: #367 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,913 boysNJConnecticut: #261 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,262 boysCTCalifornia: #447 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 2,717 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedUTColorado: #771 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,159 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedNEMissouri: #345 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,597 boysMOKentucky: #382 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,903 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedWVVirginia: #230 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 1,018 boysVAMaryland: #287 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,319 boysMDDelaware: #197 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 644 boysDEArizona: #288 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,221 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedNMKansas: #574 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,908 boysKSArkansas: #536 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,706 boysARTennessee: #222 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 888 boysTNNorth Carolina: #278 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 1,286 boysNCSouth Carolina: #260 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,100 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #540 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,688 boysOKLouisiana: #231 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 879 boysLAMississippi: #150 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 565 boysMSAlabama: #209 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 808 boysALGeorgia: #203 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 828 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylen, so not publishedHITexas: #419 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 2,186 boysTXFlorida: #212 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 940 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#150 · 1 in 565
  2. Rhode Island#170 · 1 in 587
  3. Delaware#197 · 1 in 644
  4. Georgia#203 · 1 in 828
  5. Alabama#209 · 1 in 808

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#150231 in 565
Rhode Island#17061 in 587
Delaware#19751 in 644
Georgia#203631 in 828
Alabama#209281 in 808
Florida#2121021 in 940
Tennessee#222401 in 888
Virginia#230401 in 1,018
Louisiana#231261 in 879
South Carolina#260191 in 1,100
Connecticut#261111 in 1,262
North Carolina#278391 in 1,286
Massachusetts#283191 in 1,489
Maryland#287201 in 1,319
Arizona#288281 in 1,221
Iowa#304121 in 1,197
Illinois#310401 in 1,492
Nevada#318101 in 1,316
Ohio#325371 in 1,549
New York#333551 in 1,741
Missouri#345191 in 1,597
Michigan#365261 in 1,765
New Jersey#367211 in 1,913
Pennsylvania#374281 in 2,045
Kentucky#382111 in 1,903
Indiana#418161 in 2,123
Texas#419801 in 2,186
Wisconsin#441111 in 2,340
Minnesota#445121 in 2,222
California#447761 in 2,717
Washington#472141 in 2,464
Arkansas#53651 in 2,706
Oklahoma#54071 in 2,688
Kansas#57451 in 2,908
Colorado#77151 in 5,159
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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 2018

girls
#1,554
139 births · 1 in 12,238 girls
boys
#340
983 births · 1 in 1,848 boys

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #1,554Jaylen139

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #340Jaylen983
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 12,238 of them was named Jaylen, which outranked 91.4% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jaylen
  1. #1,548Lori140
  2. #1,548Milania140
  3. #1,548Salome140
  4. #1,554Jaylen139
  5. #1,554Aadya139
  6. #1,554Anyla139
  7. #1,554Arizona139
  8. #1,568Annaliese138
  9. #1,568Aryah138
  10. #1,568Dariana138

Tied with 13 names at #1,554; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 680Meghan#1,387 → #707
  2. ↑ 567Dior#1,360 → #793
  3. ↑ 367Palmer#1,042 → #675
  4. ↑ 361Adalee#1,217 → #856
  5. ↑ 346Oaklynn#888 → #542
Fallers
  1. ↓ 334Audrina#847 → #1,181
  2. ↓ 234Courtney#952 → #1,186
  3. ↓ 232Marjorie#938 → #1,170
  4. ↓ 228Anabelle#969 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 225Angelique#799 → #1,024

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

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 1,848 of them was named Jaylen, which outranked 97.6% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jaylen
  1. #336Zayn999
  2. #338Warren995
  3. #339Jayceon993
  4. #340Jaylen983
  5. #341Julius981
  6. #341Romeo981
  7. #343Hayes973
Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

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

See the top 100 for 2018 →