Mostly boys · peaked in 2002
Jaylin name popularity since 1925
19,608 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jaylin (47.0% girls, 53.0% boys). Half of them were born in 2007 or earlier, so the typical Jaylin is about 19 years old in 2026. Jaylin peaked in 2002 as the #387 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 19,608
- Named Jaylin, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,548 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 53.0% boys
- 9,209 girls · 10,399 boys
- Most popular in
- Georgia
- 2.28× its national share
Peak year is the year Jaylin made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jaylin births per year, 1925–2025
2002 was the biggest year for Jaylin both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1994 and 1999, Jaylin became 2.9× more common, from 1 in 13,300 baby boys to 1 in 4,600.
- Steepest fall: Between 2009 and 2014, its share of baby boys fell by 65%, from 1 in 3,410 to 1 in 9,700.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jaylin's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jaylin.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jaylin in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 30 | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 810 | 1,693 | #793 |
| 2000s | 4,076 | 5,863 | #435 |
| 2010s | 3,076 | 2,111 | #1,117 |
| 2020–25 | 1,217 | 727 | #1,548 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
69.4% of babies named Jaylin from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Jaylin is most popular
The index compares Jaylin's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jaylin.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 2.28× | 1,054 |
| Florida | 2.12× | 1,283 |
| Mississippi | 1.80× | 365 |
| South Carolina | 1.75× | 411 |
| North Carolina | 1.67× | 793 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jaylin and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Jaylin (this page) | 10,399 | 2002 |
| Jaylen | 40,904 | 2009 |
| Jaylon | 10,190 | 2002 |
| Jaylan | 4,715 | 2006 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jaylin's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jaylin.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jaylin (2002).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data