Jaylon Boy
How popular is Jaylon?
#1,808 boy name in 2025
88 baby boys were named Jaylon in the US in 2025, making it the 1808th most popular boy name.
Jaylon popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,808 for boys (▲ 12 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 88 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-47% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,134 in 2015, #1,280 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2002 (646 boys) |
| Highest rank | #398 in 2002 |
| First recorded | 1976 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jaylon 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 Jaylon is most popular
Babies named Jaylon per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.4 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.2 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Indiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Jaylon by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 23 | #4,933 |
| 1980s | 82 | #3,837 |
| 1990s | 2,209 | #455 |
| 2000s | 5,371 | #398 |
| 2010s | 1,825 | #749 |
| 2020s | 680 | #1,280 |
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Questions
- Is Jaylon a boy or girl name?
- Jaylon is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jaylon were boys.
- How popular is the name Jaylon?
- 88 baby boys were named Jaylon in the US in 2025, making it the 1808th most popular boy name.
- When was Jaylon most popular?
- Jaylon peaked in 2002, when 646 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #398 in 2002.
- How many people are named Jaylon?
- 10,442 babies have been named Jaylon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,277 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 22.
- Where is Jaylon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jaylon was most common in Louisiana, at 0.4 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.