Jaylon

Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419 · #1,808 for boys in 2025, 88 births
Given to boys 97.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
2002 · 646 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,190
since 1976

Jaylon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jaylon has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #398, 2002boys
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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—#1,80888
2024—#1,82089
2023—#1,608108
2022—#1,457124
2021—#1,424128
2020—#1,280143
2019—#1,239152
2018—#1,335135
2017—#1,264144
2016—#1,203157
2015#16,4195#1,134167
2014—#1,097174
2013—#1,090170
2012#12,1998#993200
2011—#906223
2010#13,4487#749303
2009#9,37912#637393
2008#10,08411#602417
2007#12,6768#562458
2006#17,1685#482548
2005#7,13816#475528
2004#6,76817#426613
2003#6,05519#426601
2002#7,04515#398646
2001#5,82219#418599
2000#5,93718#429568
1999#6,83614#455505
1998#6,36015#490445
1997#5,22819#554349
1996#11,8076#599296
1995#10,5147#687238
1994#5,44517#757193
1993#8,7199#1,091105
1992#13,3175#1,73149
1991—#5,9428
1990—#2,95221
1989—#4,81110
1988—#3,91512
1987—#5,4597
1986—#5,3327
1985—#4,05210
1984—#4,9737
1983—#4,1419
1982—#6,3855
1981—#6,2625
1980—#3,83810
1979—#5,3556
1978—#5,7725
1977—#5,1236
1976—#4,9356
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First appearance
1976

The first year at least five boys were named Jaylon! It came in at #4,935, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1976–1979, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Jaylon is popular in 1999

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedMNIllinois: #931 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 11,400 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedWIMichigan: #477 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 4,204 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedIAIndiana: #447 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,842 boysINOhio: #593 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 6,938 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,416 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 26,867 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedNEMissouri: #458 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,268 boysMOKentucky: #451 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,691 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedWVVirginia: #441 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,320 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedKSArkansas: #159 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 684 boysARTennessee: #130 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 695 boysTNNorth Carolina: #349 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 2,344 boysNCSouth Carolina: #332 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,056 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #392 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,529 boysOKLouisiana: #129 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 581 boysLAMississippi: #93 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 411 boysMSAlabama: #150 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 805 boysALGeorgia: #305 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 1,736 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jaylon, so not publishedHITexas: #275 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 1,497 boysTXFlorida: #450 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 3,340 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#93 · 1 in 411
  2. Louisiana#129 · 1 in 581
  3. Tennessee#130 · 1 in 695
  4. Alabama#150 · 1 in 805
  5. Arkansas#159 · 1 in 684

Best ever in a state: #54 in Mississippi, 2000.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#93371 in 411
Louisiana#129471 in 581
Tennessee#130521 in 695
Alabama#150311 in 805
Arkansas#159211 in 684
Texas#2751101 in 1,497
Georgia#305311 in 1,736
South Carolina#332101 in 2,056
North Carolina#349211 in 2,344
Oklahoma#39281 in 2,529
Virginia#441121 in 3,320
Indiana#447101 in 3,842
Florida#450261 in 3,340
Kentucky#45151 in 4,691
Missouri#45881 in 4,268
Michigan#477141 in 4,204
Ohio#593101 in 6,938
Illinois#93171 in 11,400
California#1,41691 in 26,867
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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 Jaylon
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 12 spots since 2024 (#1,820 → #1,808)
  • 528 spots since 2020 (#1,280 → #1,808)
  • 674 spots since 2015 (#1,134 → #1,808)
  • Biggest jump: 334 spots in 1994 (#1,091 → #757)
  • Biggest drop: 157 spots in 2011 (#749 → #906)
Rise & fade · boys
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1976
  • Peaked 2002 at #398 (646 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1994–2012
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,005
  • Highest: 1 in 3,005 boys born in 2002 were named Jaylon (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 19,410 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 52.7% of all boys named Jaylon (5,371) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s23#4,935 (1976)#5,296
1980s82#3,838 (1980)#4,917
1990s2,209#455 (1999)#1,526
2000s5,371#398 (2002)#486
2010s1,825#749 (2010)#1,101
2020s680#1,280 (2020)#1,566

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.

Jaylon in 1999

girls
#6,836
14 births · 1 in 126,702 girls
boys
#455
505 births · 1 in 3,802 boys

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #6,836Jaylon14

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #455Jaylon505
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 126,702 of them was named Jaylon, which outranked 59.7% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jaylon
  1. #6,484Zahraa15
  2. #6,484Zenia15
  3. #6,484Zionna15
  4. #6,836Jaylon14
  5. #6,836Abaigeal14
  6. #6,836Adamarys14
  7. #6,836Adeola14
  8. #7,239Abbe13
  9. #7,239Abbigael13
  10. #7,239Abcde13

Tied with 402 names at #6,836; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,407Citlalli#2,338 → #931
  2. ↑ 1,329Noelia#2,048 → #719
  3. ↑ 1,060Amaya#1,458 → #398
  4. ↑ 864Kyara#1,789 → #925
  5. ↑ 604Journey#1,557 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 579Erykah#779 → #1,358
  2. ↓ 417Tea#747 → #1,164
  3. ↓ 415Tasia#800 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 406Monika#930 → #1,336
  5. ↓ 357Chase#952 → #1,309

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

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 3,802 of them was named Jaylon, which outranked 96.1% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jaylon
  1. #451Tyrell508
  2. #453Wayne507
  3. #454Issac506
  4. #455Jaylon505
  5. #456Felipe502
  6. #457Triston501
  7. #458Reese500
Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,239Trajan#2,235 → #996
  2. ↑ 669Tyreese#1,558 → #889
  3. ↑ 595Latrell#1,231 → #636
  4. ↑ 420Zion#694 → #274
  5. ↑ 414Xander#1,338 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 381Jaret#555 → #936
  2. ↓ 362Kordell#841 → #1,203
  3. ↓ 313Juwan#524 → #837
  4. ↓ 296Jarett#743 → #1,039
  5. ↓ 288Christion#989 → #1,277

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

See the top 100 for 1999 →