How Many People Are Named Jaylen?
people named Jaylen are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,528 people in the US has this name
Based on 45,951 babies named Jaylen in Social Security records from 1991 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
2,546 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of JALEN. It can also be a feminine elaboration of JAY (1).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jaylen in English. Counting Jaylen and these spellings together, about 106,566 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jaylen, 11% were girls and 89% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 11.2% of the babies were girls then and 6.3% in the 2020s.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Jaylen alive today is about 16 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 21 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Jaylen first appears in the records in 1991 and was given most often in 2009, to 2,546 babies. In 2025, 942 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1991 to 2025
π Rank History
Jaylen has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #175, in 2009. In 2025 it ranked #361. Among girls, its best rank was #859, in 2008.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #361 | #4,108 |
| Best rank | #175 (2009) | #859 (2008) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #201 in the 2000s | #1,045 in the 2000s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Jaylen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jaylen were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,936 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jaylen was given 3.2 times as often in Mississippi, 2.3 times in South Carolina and 2.2 times in Alabama.
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