girls:
4.8k births since 1955
#2446 (57th percentile)
boys:
1.8k births since 1992
#2960 (35th percentile)
overall:
6.6k births since 1955
#3328 (57th percentile)
The name Jalyn is the #3,328 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,576 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 57.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 57.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,446 (57.2% percentile) for all time with 4,809 births since 1955. For boys, it ranks #2,960 (35.4% percentile) for all time with 1,767 births since 1992.
Jalyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (1955 for girls and 1992 for boys). Birth data for Jalyn is available in 57 out of the 69 years between 1955 and 2023 (57 years for girls and 32 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 Jalyn has been given predominantly to girls, with 73.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 45.2% of babies named Jalyn were girls.
For girls, Jalyn reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 36.2% percentile (ranked #579) with 177 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 177 births per million (ranked 36.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2004, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jalyn ranks #933 for girls (1.5% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 6.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jalyn reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 14.2% percentile (ranked #708) with 59 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 59 births per million (ranked 14.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jalyn ranks #893 for boys (2.0% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 21.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jalyn".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Jalyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.0% confident that Jalyn is pronounced as JAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is juh-LEEN, at 17.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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