Jaylin

Where Jaylin comes from

20th-century coinage, variant of Jaylen and Jaylynn.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jaylin
Jaylin through the years
  1. 1987
    First appearance
    #6,951 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2000
    Jaylin Lindsey born
    American soccer player
  3. 2002
    Jaylin Williams born
    American basketball player
  4. 2002
    Peak, #387
    675 babies named Jaylin, the most in any year.
  5. 2010
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  6. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #773.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes
  • Jaylin Williams · American basketball player, born 2002
  • Jaylin Lindsey · American soccer player, born 2000
  • Jaylin Galloway · Australian basketball player, born 2002
  • Jaylin Airington · American basketball player, born 1993
  • Jaylin Noel · American football player, born 2002

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.