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Jalynn

#6,957 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Jalynn has been given to 5,159 babies in the U.S. since 1957. In 2025 it ranked #6,957 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 302 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% girls, 7% boys all-time.

Babies named Jalynn, 2025

1 in 207,000

Jalynn over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Jalynn over time

In 2025, Jalynn went to 70% girls and 30% boys.

19572025

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.

Jalynn: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jalynn means

Jalynn is a given name.

The naming story behind Jalynn

Wikidata records Jalynn as a female given name. The entity identifier is Q98669172, 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, 4,774 girls were recorded with the name Jalynn between 1957 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 302 in 2007; its best national rank was #899 in 2003.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,115 in 2020 to #6,957 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,245 in 2015 to #6,957 in 2025.

In the United States, 385 boys were recorded with the name Jalynn between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 27 in 2007; its best national rank was #3,626 in 1999.

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 Jalynn?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 207,000
16 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 100,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#6,957
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
143,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jalynn 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 143,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jalynn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jalynns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jalynn was born before 2006 — so the typical Jalynn is around 19 today.

Median birth year
2006
About 19 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
51.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
76.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,774
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 51.9% of all recorded uses (2,476).

Is Jalynn 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
−457
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−3,842
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,712
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.19×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
5.3%
Peak was 2007 (302)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#899
2003

Spellings of Jalynn

Jalynn is not the most common spelling — Lynn is, with 31.8% against Jalynn's 0.83%.

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 Jalynn is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jalynn was most concentrated in Indiana — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 47,135 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Indiana1 in 20,000
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 20,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 25,000
  4. 4Ohio1 in 25,000
  5. 5Oklahoma1 in 25,000
  6. 6Texas1 in 25,000
  7. 7Georgia1 in 33,333
  8. 8Kentucky1 in 33,333

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. Jalynn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Jalynn is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Jalynn was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 703,632 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in —
  2. 2North Carolina1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 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. Jalynn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jalynn around the world

Where Jalynn 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
    2007–2007
    #3,117
    in 2007

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

Jalynn by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,957
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,842
Best rank ever
#899
2003
Peak year
2007
302 that year
First recorded
1957
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,774
Count in 2025
16

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#10,104
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#3,626
1999
Peak year
2007
27 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
385
Count in 2025
7

Names similar to Jalynn

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

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Names with a curve like Jalynn

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

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Sibling names for Jalynn

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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