Girls' name · since 1947
Jayn
Since 1947, U.S. Social Security records show 39 babies named Jayn, peaking in 1954. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 39
- total births
- 1947–1959
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 87%
- born in that decade
Jayn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 39 recorded since 1947.
Jayn has 39 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1959.
- 39 total births
- 1947–1959 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 87% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jayn's 39 recorded births place it above 47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jayn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jayn splits its recorded history at 1955: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1947 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1954 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jayn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1959
- Peak year (1954)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Jayn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Jayn's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 87% of all-time use.
Jayn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 34 births (87% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1947–1959 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jayn: Baby Name Since 1947 - 39 Births, Peak 1954." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jayn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jayn 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 July 2026.