Jaelin
Jaelin is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Jaelin Howell, American soccer player Jaelin Kauf, American freestyle skier
Meaning & Origin of Jaelin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jaelin is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Jaelin Howell, American soccer player Jaelin Kauf, American freestyle skier
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The Story of Jaelin
As a girl name
Jaelin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1992, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2002: 76 births, good for #2,178 nationwide. About 58% of every Jaelin on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Jaelin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 918 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Jaelin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1993, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2003: 82 births, good for #1,548 nationwide. About 51% of every Jaelin on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jaelin ranks #7,098 for boys with 10 births, gradually falling (-10%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Jaelin
Jaelin is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Jaelin's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #1,543. Use the chart and map above to compare Jaelin's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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