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Jaylin

#1,548 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Jalen

Jaylin has been given to 19,608 babies in the U.S. since 1987. In 2025 it ranked #1,548 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2002, with 675 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 53% boys, 47% girls all-time.

Babies named Jaylin, 2025

1 in 29,900

Jaylin over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Jaylin went to 51% girls and 49% 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.

Jaylin: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Jalen

coinages

What Jaylin means

Jaylin is a variant of Jalen.

Origin, language, and formation

Jaylin is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Jaylin is a modern formation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jalen and Jaylen.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10,399 boys were recorded with the name Jaylin between 1987 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 675 in 2002; its best national rank was #387 in 2002.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,403 in 2020 to #1,548 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,117 in 2015 to #1,548 in 2025.

In the United States, 9,209 girls were recorded with the name Jaylin between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 540 in 2007; its best national rank was #561 in 2007.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #867 in 2020 to #1,742 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #935 in 2015 to #1,742 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jaylin?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 29,900
111 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 15,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,548
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
20,703 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jaylin 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 20,703 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jaylin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jaylins were born

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

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
56.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
78.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
10,399
People you could plausibly meet
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2000s — 56.4% of all recorded uses (5,863).

Is Jaylin 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
+67
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−145
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−431
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.65×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
16.4%
Peak was 2002 (675)
Years since peak
23
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#387
2002

Spellings of Jaylin

Jaylin is not the most common spelling — Jayden is, with 40.1% against Jaylin's 1.6%.

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 Jaylin is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Jaylin was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 7,143 boys, against 1 in 14,061 across all states with data. It was least common in Arizona (1 in 100,000).

114 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 7,143
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 7,143
  3. 3Alabama1 in 7,692
  4. 4Michigan1 in 7,692
  5. 5Florida1 in 8,333
  6. 6Illinois1 in 9,091
  7. 7Ohio1 in 9,091
  8. 8Indiana1 in 10,000

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 Jaylin is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Jaylin was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 4,348 girls, against 1 in 7,282 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in 33,333).

323 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 4,348
  2. 2Texas1 in 4,348
  3. 3Arizona1 in 4,545
  4. 4New York1 in 5,882
  5. 5Illinois1 in 6,667
  6. 6Florida1 in 7,143
  7. 7Oklahoma1 in 9,091
  8. 8Washington1 in 9,091

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.

Jaylin around the world

Where Jaylin 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
    2010–2010
    #4,678
    in 2010
  • Canada
    2003–2021
    #2,989
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    1986–2011
    #784
    in 2011

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.

Notable people named Jaylin

People whose public names include Jaylin, 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.

Jaylin by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,548
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 145
Best rank ever
#387
2002
Peak year
2002
675 that year
First recorded
1987
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
10,399
Count in 2025
111

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,742
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 875
Best rank ever
#561
2007
Peak year
2007
540 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
9,209
Count in 2025
117

Names similar to Jaylin

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

JaylonJaydonJaylanJaycobJayvonJayceonJaydanJaydinJaysenJaysonJaylenJaymesJayvenMerlinJaymeJaylynJayvionRollinJayceeDallinMarlinJaycenGatlinJayce

Names with a curve like Jaylin

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

JadonCamronBraedenDavionSavionPaytonKadinKeshawnGavenBraedonTristinHaden

Sibling names for Jaylin

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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