Boys' name · since 2009

Jayken

Jayken has 16 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

16
total births
2009–2017
years on record
2010s
peak decade
69%
born in that decade

Jayken is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 16 have been recorded since 2009.

Jayken has 16 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2017.

  • 16 total births
  • 2009–2017 years on record
  • 2010s peak decade
  • 69% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jayken's 16 recorded births place it above 32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Jayken's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Jayken splits its recorded history at 2012: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Jayken popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2017

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2017)
6
Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
4.555.566.5 200920122017 6

Jayken by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

2010s was Jayken's strongest decade.

11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.

Jayken births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jayken?
Jayken has been given to 16 babies in the U.S. since 2009, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2017. 6 babies were born in 2017, its single highest year.
When was Jayken most popular?
Jayken was most popular in the 2010s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
How long has the name Jayken been used?
Records for Jayken go back to 2009, giving 9 years of history through 2017.
What names are similar to Jayken?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jayden, Jay, Jayce, Jaylen, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2009–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Jayken: Baby Name Since 2009 - 16 Births, Peak 2017." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jayken. 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 Jayken 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.