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Jailyn

#2,469 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Jailyn has been given to 5,886 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #2,469 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 278 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% girls, 13% boys all-time.

Babies named Jailyn, 2025

1 in 46,000

Jailyn over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jailyn over time

In 2025, Jailyn went to 86% girls and 14% boys.

19822025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jailyn: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jailyn means

Jailyn is a given name.

The naming story behind Jailyn

Wikidata records Jailyn as a female given name. The entity identifier is Q131193531, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,105 girls were recorded with the name Jailyn between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 278 in 2007; its best national rank was #879 in 2002.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,596 in 2020 to #2,469 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,556 in 2015 to #2,469 in 2025.

In the United States, 781 boys were recorded with the name Jailyn between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 59 in 2006; its best national rank was #2,191 in 2006.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,550 in 2020 to #6,961 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,258 in 2015 to #6,961 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Jailyn?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 46,000
72 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 22,300
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,469
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
31,916 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jailyn sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 31,916 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jailyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jailyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jailyn was born before 2007 — so the typical Jailyn is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
48.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
83.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,105
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 48.5% of all recorded uses (2,478).

Is Jailyn rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−535
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−873
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−913
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.51×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
25.9%
Peak was 2007 (278)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#879
2002

Spellings of Jailyn

Jailyn is not the most common spelling — Marilyn is, with 34.2% against Jailyn's 0.47%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jailyn is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Jailyn was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 10,000 girls, against 1 in 16,212 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

110 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 10,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 11,111
  3. 3California1 in 12,500
  4. 4Illinois1 in 12,500
  5. 5Mississippi1 in 16,667
  6. 6Nevada1 in 16,667
  7. 7New York1 in 16,667
  8. 8Georgia1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Jailyn is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Jailyn was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 532,229 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Carolina1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Georgia1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6Louisiana1 in —
  7. 7South Carolina1 in —
  8. 8Tennessee1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jailyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jailyn around the world

Where Jailyn ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    2003–2017
    #3,407
    in 2017

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Jailyn by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,469
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 873
Best rank ever
#879
2002
Peak year
2007
278 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,105
Count in 2025
72

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,961
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,411
Best rank ever
#2,191
2006
Peak year
2006
59 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
781
Count in 2025
12

Names similar to Jailyn

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

JaimeeJaidynJaidenJaimieJaislynJaileneOaklynJaslynCailynJaylynJaidaJailahJailaCarlynMarlynJailynnJainaAvalynJaidahJaiceeJaideEmelynJaileeEvalyn

Names with a curve like Jailyn

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jailyn, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

IyannaShreyaIyanaCitlaliSheylaAniaRyleyMakenaSamariaNyaMackennaHailie

Sibling names for Jailyn

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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