Girls' name · peaked in 1957
Jayne name popularity since 1925
27,160 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jayne. Half of them were born in 1958 or earlier, so the typical Jayne is about 68 years old in 2026. Jayne peaked in 1957 as the #216 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 27,160
- Named Jayne, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,837 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 27,127 girls · 33 boys
- Most popular in
- Wisconsin
- 2.69× its national share
Peak year is the year Jayne made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jayne births per year, 1925–2025
1957 was the biggest year for Jayne both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1952 and 1957, Jayne became 2.6× more common, from 1 in 3,440 baby girls to 1 in 1,340.
- Steepest fall: Between 1965 and 1970, its share of baby girls fell by 61%, from 1 in 3,620 to 1 in 9,250.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jayne's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jayne.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jayne in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 642 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 1,309 | 0 | #575 |
| 1940s | 3,957 | 0 | #338 |
| 1950s | 9,801 | 0 | #235 |
| 1960s | 5,872 | 5 | #424 |
| 1970s | 1,350 | 5 | #1,029 |
| 1980s | 1,312 | 17 | #1,056 |
| 1990s | 998 | 0 | #1,536 |
| 2000s | 736 | 0 | #2,652 |
| 2010s | 771 | 0 | #2,303 |
| 2020–25 | 379 | 6 | #2,837 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
59.4% of babies named Jayne from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Jayne is most popular
The index compares Jayne'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 Jayne.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 2.69× | 1,196 |
| Massachusetts | 2.46× | 1,321 |
| Iowa | 2.31× | 664 |
| Minnesota | 1.97× | 813 |
| Indiana | 1.95× | 1,044 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jayne's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jayne.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jayne (1957).
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