first name
JAYLEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 33,253 people named Jaylen, 63.3% reported their origin as Black, 14.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.1% as White. 86.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jaylen peaked in 2009, when 2,546 babies got the name.
At least 45,951 babies have been given the name since 1991. 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.
Jaylen by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #351. The largest share of babies named Jaylen, 63.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Jaylen is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jaylen has been most common in Georgia (2.6×), Florida (2.3×), and Mississippi (2.1×), and least common in West Virginia (0.1×).
43,451 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.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jaylen, most common first.
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