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. The name hit its high-water mark in 2009: 633 births, good for #486 nationwide. About 42% of every Jaylynn on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jaylynn ranks #2,269 for girls with 82 births, falling sharply (-49%). All told, over 9K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Jaylynn as a boy name dates back to 1988, when 5 babies received it. 2008 was its biggest year on record, with 34 newborns named Jaylynn — #3,284 in the national rankings. About 46% of every Jaylynn on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jaylynn ranks #6,862 for boys with 11 births, falling sharply (-24%). All told, over 600 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to 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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