Jaylyn

Where Jaylyn comes from

The dictionaries list Jaylyn as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1960
    First appearance
    #4,773 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1997
    Jaylyn Agnew born
    American basketball player
  3. 2003
    Jaylyn Wright born
    Canadian association football player
  4. 2007
    Peak, #771
    376 babies named Jaylyn — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,301.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Jaylyn Agnew · American basketball player, born 1997
  • Jaylyn Wright · Canadian association football player, born 2003

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.