Jaylon
Jaylon is a unisex given name. Notable people with the name include:Jaylon Bather, Bermudian footballer Jaylon Brown, American basketball player Jaylon Carlies, American college football player Jaylon Ferguson (1995–2022), American football player Jaylon Guilbeau, American football player Jaylon Hadden, Costa Rican footballer Jaylon Henderson, American football player Jaylon Hutchings, American…
- African American
Meaning & Origin of Jaylon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jaylon is a unisex given name. Notable people with the name include:Jaylon Bather, Bermudian footballer Jaylon Brown, American basketball player Jaylon Carlies, American college football player Jaylon Ferguson (1995–2022), American football player Jaylon Guilbeau, American football player Jaylon Hadden, Costa Rican footballer Jaylon Henderson, American football player Jaylon Hutchings, American…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- African American
The Story of Jaylon
Jaylon first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1976, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2002: 646 births, good for #398 nationwide. About 52% of every Jaylon on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jaylon ranks #1,939 for baby boys with 82 births, falling sharply (-30%). All told, over 10K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Jaylon
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About the name Jaylon
Jaylon is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 10K births in the dataset. Jaylon's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #398. Use the chart and map above to compare Jaylon'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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