Jaylynn — #2015 US unisex name
9,248 babies named Jaylynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 89% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Jaylynn was born in this single decade.
633 babies were named Jaylynn in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaylynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 9,248 babies named Jaylynn between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaylynn currently holds the #2015 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 633 babies received it in a single year. Jaylynn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 578 additional births since 1988.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaylynn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 3,981 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jaylynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,173 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jaylynn in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaylynn 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 9,248 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.
Jaylynn at a glance
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Current rank
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Jaylynn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1963
- Peak year (2009)
- 633
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
Currently ranks #2015 among girls.
9,248 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 633 births in a single year.
Jaylynn popularity over time — boys
578 total births recorded since 1988 (Jaylynn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jaylynn accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jaylynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 3,981 births that decade — 43% of Jaylynn's all-time total
Jaylynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,981 births
- Runner-up 3,909 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jaylynn's strongest decade
3,981 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Jaylynn by state
Where Jaylynn concentrates geographically — total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,173 | 12.7% |
| #2 | California | | 854 | 9.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 488 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 487 | 5.3% |
| #5 | New York | | 455 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 434 | 4.7% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 259 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 256 | 2.8% |
1,173 of 9,248 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 12.7% of nationwide
- California 9.2% of nationwide
- Florida 5.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.3% of nationwide
- New York 4.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 43 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 12.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jaylynn 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, 1963–2024 (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.