How Many People Are Named Jaylon?
people named Jaylon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 33,279 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,442 babies named Jaylon in Social Security records from 1976 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
661 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of JALEN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jaylon, 2.4% were girls and 97.6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 4% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jaylon alive today is about 20 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 25 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jaylon first appears in the records in 1976 and was given most often in 2002, to 661 babies. In 2025, 88 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1976 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jaylon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #398, in 2002. In 2025 it ranked #1,816.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,816 |
| Best rank | #398 (2002) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #482 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jaylon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jaylon were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,961 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jaylon was given 9.1 times as often in Mississippi, 6.5 times in Louisiana and 4.8 times in Alabama.
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