Jaylee — #1290 US girls' name
8,298 babies named Jaylee in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Jaylee was born in this single decade.
505 babies were named Jaylee in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaylee
The Social Security Administration has registered 8,298 babies named Jaylee between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaylee currently holds the #1290 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 505 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaylee performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 3,958 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jaylee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,035 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jaylee in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaylee 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 8,298 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.
Jaylee at a glance
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Current rank
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Jaylee popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1981
- Peak year (2012)
- 505
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
Currently ranks #1290 among girls.
8,298 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 505 births in a single year.
Jaylee popularity over time — boys
129 total births recorded since 1993 (Jaylee as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jaylee accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jaylee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 3,958 births that decade — 48% of Jaylee's all-time total
Jaylee decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,958 births
- Runner-up 2,798 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jaylee's strongest decade
3,958 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Jaylee by state
Where Jaylee concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,035 | 12.5% |
| #2 | California | | 557 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 401 | 4.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 356 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Oklahoma | | 331 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 277 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Utah | | 264 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 261 | 3.1% |
1,035 of 8,298 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 12.5% of nationwide
- California 6.7% of nationwide
- Florida 4.8% of nationwide
- New York 4.3% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 43 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 12.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jaylee appears in 43 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, 1981–2024 (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.