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Jaylan

#2,658 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Jaylan has been given to 5,539 babies in the U.S. since 1989. In 2025 it ranked #2,658 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 321 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% boys, 15% girls all-time.

Babies named Jaylan, 2025

1 in 67,700

Jaylan over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Jaylan went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19892025

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.

Jaylan: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jaylan means

Jaylan is a given name.

The naming story behind Jaylan

Wikidata records Jaylan as a unisex given name. The entity identifier is Q131191280, 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, 4,715 boys were recorded with the name Jaylan between 1989 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 321 in 2006; its best national rank was #635 in 2000.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,332 in 2020 to #2,658 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,041 in 2015 to #2,658 in 2025.

In the United States, 824 girls were recorded with the name Jaylan between 1992 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 55 in 2000; its best national rank was #2,680 in 2000.

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 Jaylan?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 67,700
49 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 34,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,658
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
46,897 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jaylan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 46,897 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jaylan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jaylans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jaylan was born before 2005 — so the typical Jaylan is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
55.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
74.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,715
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 55.1% of all recorded uses (2,598).

Is Jaylan 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
+584
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−326
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−617
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.70×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
15.3%
Peak was 2006 (321)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#635
2000

Spellings of Jaylan

Jaylan is not the most common spelling — Dylan is, with 25.7% against Jaylan's 0.29%.

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 Jaylan is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Jaylan was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 37,297 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 20,000
  2. 2North Carolina1 in 25,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 33,333
  4. 4Texas1 in 33,333
  5. 5California1 in 50,000
  6. 6Georgia1 in 50,000
  7. 7Illinois1 in 50,000
  8. 8Louisiana1 in 50,000

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.

Where Jaylan is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jaylan was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 373,114 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 100,000
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 100,000
  3. 3Alabama1 in —
  4. 4California1 in —
  5. 5Florida1 in —
  6. 6Kentucky1 in —
  7. 7Louisiana1 in —
  8. 8North Carolina1 in —

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

Jaylan around the world

Where Jaylan 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.

  • England & Wales
    2000–2025
    #3,256
    in 2025
  • France
    2007–2025
    #812
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2004–2023
    #3,103
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1995–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Jaylan

People whose public names include Jaylan, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Jaylan by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,658
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 326
Best rank ever
#635
2000
Peak year
2006
321 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,715
Count in 2025
49

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,680
2000
Peak year
2000
55 that year
First recorded
1992
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
824
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jaylan

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

JaycobJayvonJaydanJaydinJaysenJaydonJaymesJaylonJaylinJayvenJaymeJaylynJayvionJayceeJaycenJaykobJaydynJayvinKeelanJayseDyllanRaylanJaytonDillan

Names with a curve like Jaylan

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

SavionKeshawnGavenHadenTrevionReillyTavionLatrellBraedonKeshaunKadinTreyton

Sibling names for Jaylan

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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