Jaylyn
#3,577 for girls in 2025, 42 births · #4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
Given to girls 75.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2007 · 376 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,704since 1960
Jaylyn over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,577 | 42 | #4,857 | 20 |
| 2024 | #2,819 | 59 | #4,321 | 24 |
| 2023 | #3,428 | 46 | #3,629 | 31 |
| 2022 | #2,995 | 55 | #4,089 | 26 |
| 2021 | #2,286 | 80 | #4,118 | 25 |
| 2020 | #2,376 | 74 | #3,918 | 26 |
| 2019 | #2,170 | 85 | #3,899 | 27 |
| 2018 | #1,741 | 118 | #3,055 | 38 |
| 2017 | #1,721 | 123 | #3,378 | 33 |
| 2016 | #1,439 | 160 | #3,776 | 28 |
| 2015 | #1,404 | 166 | #3,775 | 28 |
| 2014 | #1,391 | 165 | #3,038 | 37 |
| 2013 | #1,301 | 180 | #2,278 | 56 |
| 2012 | #1,009 | 251 | #2,517 | 49 |
| 2011 | #975 | 263 | #2,478 | 50 |
| 2010 | #862 | 310 | #1,778 | 83 |
| 2009 | #854 | 326 | #1,425 | 118 |
| 2008 | #808 | 356 | #1,719 | 88 |
| 2007 | #771 | 376 | #1,477 | 108 |
| 2006 | #793 | 345 | #1,454 | 106 |
| 2005 | #901 | 278 | #1,554 | 90 |
| 2004 | #912 | 265 | #1,491 | 90 |
| 2003 | #949 | 246 | #1,548 | 82 |
| 2002 | #967 | 229 | #1,620 | 74 |
| 2001 | #1,161 | 179 | #1,572 | 76 |
| 2000 | #1,162 | 173 | #1,420 | 87 |
| 1999 | #1,258 | 147 | #1,903 | 51 |
| 1998 | #1,557 | 106 | #1,536 | 70 |
| 1997 | #1,927 | 75 | #2,126 | 41 |
| 1996 | #1,947 | 73 | #1,908 | 47 |
| 1995 | #1,955 | 70 | #2,026 | 41 |
| 1994 | #2,026 | 69 | #3,215 | 21 |
| 1993 | #3,158 | 36 | #2,697 | 26 |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | — | |
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| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
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| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
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| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
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| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
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| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
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| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jaylyn! It came in at #4,773, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1961–1971, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jaylyn is popular in 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#475 · 1 in 2,436
- Tennessee#806 · 1 in 6,105
- Pennsylvania#841 · 1 in 7,287
- Texas#917 · 1 in 6,831
- Georgia#1,139 · 1 in 8,908
Best ever in a state: #159 in Rhode Island, 2009.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #475 | 5 | 1 in 2,436 |
| Tennessee | #806 | 5 | 1 in 6,105 |
| Pennsylvania | #841 | 8 | 1 in 7,287 |
| Texas | #917 | 21 | 1 in 6,831 |
| Georgia | #1,139 | 5 | 1 in 8,908 |
| Ohio | #1,193 | 5 | 1 in 12,324 |
| New York | #1,405 | 8 | 1 in 12,590 |
| Illinois | #1,488 | 5 | 1 in 14,083 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Jaylyn
- 758 spots since 2024 (#2,819 → #3,577)
- 1,201 spots since 2020 (#2,376 → #3,577)
- 2,173 spots since 2015 (#1,404 → #3,577)
- Biggest jump: 194 spots in 2002 (#1,161 → #967)
- Biggest drop: 113 spots in 2011 (#862 → #975)
- Debuted 1960
- Peaked 2007 at #771 (376 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 2002–2011
- Highest: 1 in 5,113 girls born in 2007 were named Jaylyn (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 38,268 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 48.6% of all girls named Jaylyn (2,773) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18 | #4,773 (1960) | #6,279 |
| 1970s | 24 | #7,292 (1972) | #8,246 |
| 1980s | 91 | #4,724 (1986) | #6,934 |
| 1990s | 621 | #1,258 (1999) | #3,428 |
| 2000s | 2,773 | #771 (2007) | #928 |
| 2010s | 1,821 | #862 (2010) | #1,401 |
| 2020s | 356 | #2,286 (2021) | #2,914 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jaylyn in 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 16,669 of them was named Jaylyn, which outranked 90.6% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,551Malka107
- #1,551Margot107
- #1,551Raeann107
- #1,557Jaylyn106
- #1,557Adelaide106
- #1,557Alannah106
- #1,557Holli106
- #1,567Ayesha105
- #1,567Callista105
- #1,567Chrystal105
Tied with 9 names at #1,557; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 27,305 of them was named Jaylyn, which outranked 86.4% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,527Ronny71
- #1,527Sunny71
- #1,527Tamir71
- #1,536Jaylyn70
- #1,536Antione70
- #1,536Brayton70
- #1,536Delvin70
- #1,546Davian69
- #1,546Emil69
- #1,546Ephraim69
Tied with 9 names at #1,536; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.