How rare is the name Jaelyn?

12,157 people in the United States have the first name Jaelyn, about 1 in 24,844. It ranks #2,177 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JAELYN

#2,177

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,157
About
1 in 24,844
This common or more
78.8%
Who bears it

Of the 12,157 people named Jaelyn, 38.8% reported their origin as White, 24.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 22% as Black. 92.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jaelyn peaked in 2008, when 1,090 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19632025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
1,090
In 2025*
117 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,601 babies have been given the name since 1963. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jaelyn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #815. The largest share of babies named Jaelyn, 67.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#19,01014
1980s#12,75266
1990s#2,2481,313
2000s#8157,270
2010s#1,0525,640
2020s#2,1301,293
Baby boom 1946–640%
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–963.4%
Generation Z 1997–1267.8%
2013 and later28.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jaelyn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jaelyn has been most common in Nevada (2.5×), Florida (1.8×), and Arizona (1.7×), and least common in Oregon (0.3×).

12,929 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Jaelyn

#2,175 Jordon · 12,179#2,176 Jeffry · 12,164#2,178 Kourtney · 12,146#2,179 Remi · 12,143

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jaelyn, most common first.

#3,218 Jaelynn · 6,684#3,455 Jaylyn · 6,015#3,621 Jalyn · 5,644#4,413 Jailyn · 4,249#8,303 Jaelin · 1,752#10,462 Jaelen · 1,273#18,609 Jaelon · 578#32,469 Jaelan · 259

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