Jaylene Girl

How popular is Jaylene?

#1,359 girl name in 2025

162 baby girls were named Jaylene in the US in 2025, making it the 1359th most popular girl name.

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10,035living people named Jaylene (est.)
17median age of people named Jaylene
10,208babies named Jaylene since 1880
1 in 20,465US babies born in 2025

Jaylene popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#1,359 for girls (▼ 152 from 2024)
Babies in 2025162 girls
10-year trendFalling fast (-60% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#711 in 2015, #1,042 in 2020
Peak year2008 (483 girls)
Highest rank#636 in 2011
First recorded1938
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Jaylene counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jaylene family of names ranked #454 for girls in 2025 (#391 the year before), with 649 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Jaylene 162 25%
Jaylin 117 18%
Jaylynn 92 14%
Jailyn 72 11%
Jaylyn 42 6%
Jailyne 57 9%
Jailynn 42 6%
Jalynn 16 2%
Jayline 18 3%
Jailene 22 3%
Jalyn 9 1%

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 Jaylene is most popular

Babies named Jaylene per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. California: 0.6 per 1,000 (463 girls)
  2. Arizona: 0.2 per 1,000 (32 girls)
  3. New Mexico: 0.2 per 1,000 (5 girls)
  4. Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (150 girls)
  5. Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (36 girls)

Jaylene by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1930s7#3,448
1940s55#2,490
1950s169#2,167
1960s279#1,888
1970s219#2,705
1980s303#2,614
1990s923#919
2000s3,188#638
2010s3,723#636
2020s1,267#975

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Questions

Is Jaylene a boy or girl name?
Jaylene is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jaylene were girls.
How popular is the name Jaylene?
162 baby girls were named Jaylene in the US in 2025, making it the 1359th most popular girl name.
When was Jaylene most popular?
Jaylene peaked in 2008, when 483 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #636 in 2011.
How many people are named Jaylene?
10,208 babies have been named Jaylene in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,035 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
Where is Jaylene most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Jaylene was most common in California, at 0.6 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.