Jaylene — #1209 US girls' name
9,968 babies named Jaylene in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 2008. 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.
37% of everyone ever named Jaylene was born in this single decade.
483 babies were named Jaylene in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaylene
The Social Security Administration has registered 9,968 babies named Jaylene between 1938 and 2024, spanning 87 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaylene currently holds the #1209 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 483 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaylene performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 3,723 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Jaylene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,604 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jaylene in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaylene 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 9,968 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.
Jaylene at a glance
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Current rank
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Jaylene popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1938
- Peak year (2008)
- 483
- Annual births at peak — across 87 years of records
Currently ranks #1209 among girls.
9,968 total births across 87 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 483 births in a single year.
Jaylene popularity over time — boys
75 total births recorded since 1993 (Jaylene as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jaylene accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jaylene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 3,723 births that decade — 37% of Jaylene's all-time total
Jaylene decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,723 births
- Runner-up 3,187 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jaylene's strongest decade
3,723 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Jaylene by state
Where Jaylene concentrates geographically — total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,604 | 36.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 951 | 9.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 911 | 9.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 451 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 375 | 3.8% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 301 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 296 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 176 | 1.8% |
3,604 of 9,968 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 36.2% of nationwide
- New York 9.5% of nationwide
- Texas 9.1% of nationwide
- Florida 4.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 36.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Jaylene appears in 20 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, 1938–2024 (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.