girls:
14k births since 1963
#1307 (77th percentile)
boys:
1.4k births since 1993
#3274 (29th percentile)
overall:
15.3k births since 1963
#2117 (73rd percentile)
The name Jaelyn is the #2,117 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,315 recorded births since 1963. This represents the 72.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 72.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,307 (77.1% percentile) for all time with 13,965 births since 1963. For boys, it ranks #3,274 (28.6% percentile) for all time with 1,350 births since 1993.
Jaelyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1963 (1963 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Jaelyn is available in 45 out of the 61 years between 1963 and 2023 (45 years for girls and 31 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jaelyn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 91.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 81.6% of babies named Jaelyn were girls.
For girls, Jaelyn reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 67.4% percentile (ranked #321) with 487 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 487 births per million (ranked 67.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jaelyn ranks #779 for girls (17.8% percentile) with 99 births per million, which is 20.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jaelyn reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 10.8% percentile (ranked #804) with 48 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 48 births per million (ranked 10.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jaelyn ranks #877 for boys (3.7% percentile) with 21 births per million, which is 44.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jaelyn".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jaelyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Jaelyn is pronounced as JAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAY-luhn, at 23.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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