Naylen — #9609 US boys' name
27 babies named Naylen in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 33% of names given to boys today.
56% of everyone ever named Naylen was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Naylen in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Naylen
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Naylen between 2010 and 2024, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Naylen currently holds the #9609 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Naylen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2010.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Naylen performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Naylen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Naylen 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 27 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.
Naylen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Naylen popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2010
- Peak year (2024)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
Currently ranks #9609 among boys.
27 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 8 births in a single year.
Naylen popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2010 (Naylen as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Naylen accounts for 16% of total recorded use across both genders.
Naylen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 15 births that decade — 56% of Naylen's all-time total
Naylen decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Naylen's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% 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, 2010–2024 (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.