Jayne — #2653 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jayne

The Social Security Administration has registered 29,046 babies named Jayne between 1895 and 2024, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jayne currently holds the #2653 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 1,524 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jayne performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 9,801 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Jayne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 2,774 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Jayne in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jayne 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 29,046 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.