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.
- #18,184 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,407 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 235
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
235 babies have been named Jaycelyn since 1978, making it today's #15407 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaycelyn has been recorded 235 times among girls since 1978, currently ranked #15407 nationally and more common than 11% of girls, 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.
- #18,184 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,407 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 235 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaycelyn ranks #18,184 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,407 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 235 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,184 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,407 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 235
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jaycelyn's 235 recorded births place it above 74.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jaycelyn compares
235 40th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jaycelyn's all-time total is 37% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaycelyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 235 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
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
2010s is the heaviest window (119 births, 51% of the file).
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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What to do with Jaycelyn's data
- 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.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jaycelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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).
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 August 2026.