Jailen Boy
How popular is Jailen?
#8,239 boy name in 2025
9 baby boys were named Jailen in the US in 2025, making it the 8239th most popular boy name.
Jailen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #8,239 for boys (▼ 3542 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 9 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-47% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,285 in 2015, #4,422 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (94 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,408 in 2003 |
| First recorded | 1993 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 93% boys, 7% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jailen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jaylen family of names ranked #212 for boys in 2025 (#207 the year before), with 1,813 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jaylen | 907 | 50% |
| Jalen | 711 | 39% |
| Jaylon | 88 | 5% |
| Jaylan | 49 | 3% |
| Jailen | 9 | 0% |
| Jalon | 21 | 1% |
| Jalin | 13 | 1% |
| Jalan | 10 | 1% |
| Jaylenn | 5 | 0% |
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 Jailen is most popular
Babies named Jailen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Jailen by decade
Boy names about as popular as Jailen
Questions
- Is Jailen a boy or girl name?
- Jailen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 93% of babies named Jailen were boys.
- How popular is the name Jailen?
- 9 baby boys were named Jailen in the US in 2025, making it the 8239th most popular boy name.
- When was Jailen most popular?
- Jailen peaked in 2003, when 94 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,408 in 2003.
- How many people are named Jailen?
- 1,697 babies have been named Jailen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,675 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Jailen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jailen was most common in Georgia, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys 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.