Girls' name · since 2001
Jaylei
326 babies named Jaylei in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,225 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,470 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 326
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
326 babies have been named Jaylei since 2001, making it today's #11470 girls' name.
Jaylei has 326 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11470 as of the latest data, more common than 34% of girls, 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 2001 to 2025.
- #15,225 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,470 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 326 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaylei ranks #15,225 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,470 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 326 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,225 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,470 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 326
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jaylei's 326 recorded births place it above 78.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Louisiana.
How Jaylei compares
326 47th 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
Jaylei's all-time total is 13% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaylei | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 326 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jaylei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaylei's full recorded timeline at 2013, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaylei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Jaylei by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (161 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Jaylei's strongest decade.
161 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Jaylei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
79 births
- 2010s
2010s
161 births
- 2020s
2020s
86 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 161 births (49% of all-time use).
Jaylei by state
Where Jaylei concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
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- Jaylei's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (161 total births) through the 2020s (86) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Louisiana records the most Jayleis (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Louisiana names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jaylei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Jaylei 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.