Jayin
Jayin was a unpopular Aáàfin of the Oyo Empire, who was ordered to commit suicide by the Oyo Mesi after having killed his own son.
Meaning & Origin of Jayin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jayin was a unpopular Aáàfin of the Oyo Empire, who was ordered to commit suicide by the Oyo Mesi after having killed his own son.
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The Story of Jayin
The earliest SSA record of Jayin as a baby boy name dates back to 2007, when 5 babies received it. 2012 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Jayin — #7,049 in the national rankings. About 75% of every Jayin on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Jayin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 79 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jayin
Jayin is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2007 and has accumulated 79 births in the dataset. Jayin's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #7,049. Use the chart and map above to compare Jayin'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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