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Jaylene

#1,362 in 2025Girls' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Jaylene has been given to 10,208 babies in the U.S. since 1938. In 2025 it ranked #1,362 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 483 recorded.

Babies named Jaylene, 2025

1 in 20,500

Jaylene over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jaylene: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

coinages

What Jaylene means

Jaylene is a modern given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

20th-century coinage from Jay + -lene ending as in Charlene, Jolene, etc.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Jaylene (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Jaylene is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Jaylene is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10,133 girls were recorded with the name Jaylene between 1938 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 483 in 2008; its best national rank was #636 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,044 in 2020 to #1,362 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #711 in 2015 to #1,362 in 2025.

In the United States, 75 boys were recorded with the name Jaylene between 1993 and 2007. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1999; its best national rank was #5,809 in 1999.

How common is Jaylene?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 20,500
162 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 9,920
0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,362
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
14,186 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jaylene 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 14,186 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jaylene. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jaylenes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jaylene was born before 2009 — so the typical Jaylene is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
36.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
78.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
10,071
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 36.7% of all recorded uses (3,723).

Is Jaylene 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
−155
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−318
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−651
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.40×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
33.5%
Peak was 2008 (483)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#636
2011

Spellings of Jaylene

Jaylene is not the most common spelling — Darlene is, with 20.8% against Jaylene's 1.0%.

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 Jaylene is used

Across 2016–2025, Jaylene was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 1,563 girls, against 1 in 4,108 across all states with data. It was least common in North Carolina (1 in 100,000).

164 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 1,563
  2. 2Arizona1 in 2,857
  3. 3Nevada1 in 2,941
  4. 4Texas1 in 4,545
  5. 5Illinois1 in 5,263
  6. 6New York1 in 6,250
  7. 7Colorado1 in 6,667
  8. 8Florida1 in 8,333

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.

Jaylene around the world

Where Jaylene 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
    2017–2017
    #5,765
    in 2017
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,463
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1959–1988
    #459
    in 1988

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jaylene by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,362
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 318
Best rank ever
#636
2011
Peak year
2008
483 that year
First recorded
1938
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
10,133
Count in 2025
162

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,809
1999
Peak year
1999
11 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2007
All-time count
75
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jaylene

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

JaylynnJayleenJaylahJayceeJaylinJayleeJaylaniJaylynJaylenJaydenCarleneJaydeJaycieAdileneJaymieJaymeKayleneJayleeneSeleneJayannaJaynaAlleneRayleneSharlene

Names with a curve like Jaylene

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

MyahMiahAiyanaSariahMaleahMadalynnNathalyGianaArelyAnsleyTaliyahAliya

Sibling names for Jaylene

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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