Jaelin — #8574 US boys' name
1,252 babies named Jaelin in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to boys today.
52% of everyone ever named Jaelin was born in this single decade.
82 babies were named Jaelin in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaelin
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,252 babies named Jaelin between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaelin currently holds the #8574 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 82 babies received it in a single year. Jaelin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 918 additional births since 1992.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaelin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 645 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jaelin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 80 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jaelin in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaelin in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,252 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jaelin at a glance
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Current rank
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Jaelin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2003)
- 82
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #8574 among boys.
1,252 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 82 births in a single year.
Jaelin popularity over time — girls
918 total births recorded since 1992 (Jaelin as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Jaelin accounts for 42% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jaelin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 645 births that decade — 52% of Jaelin's all-time total
Jaelin decade highlights
- Peak decade 645 births
- Runner-up 315 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jaelin's strongest decade
645 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Jaelin by state
Where Jaelin concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 80 | 6.4% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 52 | 4.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 51 | 4.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 34 | 2.7% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 30 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Texas | | 29 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 24 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 22 | 1.8% |
80 of 1,252 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.4% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.2% of nationwide
- New York 4.1% of nationwide
- Florida 2.7% of nationwide
- Virginia 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jaelin appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.