Jaylyn
Jaylyn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jaylyn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jaylyn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Jaylyn
As a girl name
Jaylyn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1960, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2007: 376 births, good for #771 nationwide. About 48% of every Jaylyn on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jaylyn ranks #3,335 for girls with 47 births, falling sharply (-46%). All told, over 6K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Jaylyn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1992, with 12 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2009: 118 births, good for #1,425 nationwide. About 50% of every Jaylyn on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jaylyn ranks #4,123 for boys with 26 births, gradually falling (-11%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Jaylyn
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About the name Jaylyn
Jaylyn is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1960 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Jaylyn's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #771. Use the chart and map above to compare Jaylyn'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.