Jaylin

Where Jaylin comes from

20th-century coinage, variant of Jaylen and Jaylynn.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jaylin
Along the way
  1. 1987
    First appearance
    #6,951 among boys, 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 — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2010
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  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.