Jaelyn Girl
How popular is Jaelyn?
#1,962 girl name in 2025
98 baby girls were named Jaelyn in the US in 2025, making it the 1962nd most popular girl name. Another 19 boys got the name (#5,044 for boys).
Jaelyn popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,962 for girls (▼ 403 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 98 girls, 19 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-80% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #601 in 2015, #1,003 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (1,014 girls) |
| Highest rank | #332 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1963 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 11% boys, 89% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jaelyn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jaelyn family of names ranked #942 for girls in 2025 (#841 the year before), with 225 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jaelyn | 98 | 44% |
| Jaelynn | 121 | 54% |
| Jaelene | 6 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jaelyn is most popular
Babies named Jaelyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 0.2 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (125 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (98 girls)
Jaelyn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1970s | 14 | #5,982 |
| 1980s | 66 | #5,676 |
| 1990s | 1,139 | #713 |
| 2000s | 6,675 | #332 |
| 2010s | 5,205 | #368 |
| 2020s | 1,097 | #1,003 |
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Questions
- Is Jaelyn a boy or girl name?
- Jaelyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 89% of babies named Jaelyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Jaelyn?
- 98 baby girls were named Jaelyn in the US in 2025, making it the 1962nd most popular girl name. Another 19 boys got the name (#5,044 for boys).
- When was Jaelyn most popular?
- Jaelyn peaked in 2008, when 1,014 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #332 in 2008.
- How many people are named Jaelyn?
- 15,601 babies have been named Jaelyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 15,468 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Jaelyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jaelyn was most common in New Mexico, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.