Jayn — girls' name
39 babies named Jayn in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
39 girls have been named Jayn since 1947, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1959.
- 39
- total births
- 1947–1959
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 87%
- born in that decade
87% of everyone ever named Jayn was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Jayn in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jayn
The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Jayn between 1947 and 1959, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jayn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jayn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jayn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jayn 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 39 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.
Jayn at a glance
Last recorded 1959Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jayn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1947
- Peak year (1954)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1959.
39 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 8 births in a single year.
Jayn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 34 births that decade — 87% of Jayn's all-time total
Jayn decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Jayn's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 87% 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, 1947–1959 (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.