Jayken — boys' name
16 babies named Jayken in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
16 boys have been named Jayken since 2009, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2017.
- 16
- total births
- 2009–2017
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
69% of everyone ever named Jayken was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Jayken in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jayken
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Jayken between 2009 and 2017, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jayken currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jayken performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jayken shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jayken 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 16 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.
Jayken at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jayken popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2009
- Peak year (2017)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
16 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 6 births in a single year.
Jayken by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 11 births that decade — 69% of Jayken's all-time total
Jayken decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jayken's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
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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, 2009–2017 (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.