Jaylin
Jaylin, Jaylinn, or Jaelyn is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- African American
- English
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Jaylin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jaylin, Jaylinn, or Jaelyn is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- African American
- English
- Dutch
The Story of Jaylin
As a girl name
Jaylin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1982, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2007: 540 births, good for #561 nationwide. About 44% of every Jaylin on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jaylin ranks #2,134 for girls with 90 births, falling sharply (-40%). All told, over 9K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Jaylin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1987, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2002: 675 births, good for #387 nationwide. About 56% of every Jaylin on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jaylin ranks #1,535 for boys with 115 births, gradually falling (-8%). All told, over 11K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Jaylin
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Names that sound like Jaylin
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About the name Jaylin
Jaylin is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 11K births in the dataset. Jaylin's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #387. Use the chart and map above to compare Jaylin'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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