Jeilyn — #11540 US girls' name
385 babies named Jeilyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 35% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Jeilyn was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Jeilyn in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jeilyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 385 babies named Jeilyn between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jeilyn currently holds the #11540 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeilyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 175 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jeilyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Jeilyn in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jeilyn 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 385 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.
Jeilyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Jeilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2014)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #11540 among girls.
385 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 24 births in a single year.
Jeilyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 175 births that decade — 45% of Jeilyn's all-time total
Jeilyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 175 births
- Runner-up 144 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jeilyn's strongest decade
175 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Jeilyn by state
Where Jeilyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 33 | 8.6% |
| #2 | Florida | | 11 | 2.9% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 1.3% |
33 of 385 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 8.6% of nationwide
- Florida 2.9% of nationwide
- California 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 8.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1998–2024 (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.