Jaylynn
Jalen is both a surname and given name. The given name, as well as variants like Jaylen and Jaylin, rose in popularity in the 1990s due to the success of basketball player Jalen Rose. Notable people with the name include:
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Meaning & Origin of Jaylynn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jalen is both a surname and given name. The given name, as well as variants like Jaylen and Jaylin, rose in popularity in the 1990s due to the success of basketball player Jalen Rose. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Jaylynn
As a girl name
Jaylynn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1963, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 633 Jaylynns were born — ranking #486 that year. As of 2026, Jaylynn ranks #2,269 for girls with 82 births, falling sharply (-49%). In total, more than 9K Jaylynns have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Jaylynn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1988, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 34 Jaylynns were born — ranking #3,284 that year. As of 2026, Jaylynn ranks #6,862 for boys with 11 births, falling sharply (-24%). In total, more than 600 Jaylynns have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Jaylynn
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About the name Jaylynn
Jaylynn is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1963 and has accumulated 9K births in the dataset. Jaylynn's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #486. Use the chart and map above to compare Jaylynn'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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