Girls' name · since 1978
Jaycelyn
235 babies named Jaycelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 235
- total births
- 1978–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
Jaycelyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 235 recorded since 1978.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaycelyn has been recorded 235 times among girls since 1978, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- 235 total births
- 1978–2025 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 51% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jaycelyn's 235 recorded births place it above 75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jaycelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaycelyn's full recorded timeline at 2009, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaycelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Jaycelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Jaycelyn's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Jaycelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
95 births
- 2010s
2010s
119 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 119 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Jaycelyn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (119 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jaycelyn: Baby Name Since 1978 - 235 Births, Peak 2007." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jaycelyn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jaycelyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.