Jaylen Boy
How popular is Jaylen?
#361 boy name in 2025
907 baby boys were named Jaylen in the US in 2025, making it the 361st most popular boy name. Another 35 girls got the name (#4,066 for girls).
Jaylen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #361 for boys (▼ 38 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 907 boys, 35 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-10% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #343 in 2015, #319 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (2,236 boys) |
| Highest rank | #175 in 2009 |
| First recorded | 1991 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 91% boys, 9% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jaylen 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 Jaylen is most popular
Babies named Jaylen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 1.5 per 1,000 (213 boys)
- Mississippi: 1.4 per 1,000 (78 boys)
- Rhode Island: 1.2 per 1,000 (20 boys)
- Florida: 1.2 per 1,000 (548 boys)
- Connecticut: 1.0 per 1,000 (71 boys)
Jaylen by decade
Boy names about as popular as Jaylen
Questions
- Is Jaylen a boy or girl name?
- Jaylen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 91% of babies named Jaylen were boys.
- How popular is the name Jaylen?
- 907 baby boys were named Jaylen in the US in 2025, making it the 361st most popular boy name. Another 35 girls got the name (#4,066 for girls).
- When was Jaylen most popular?
- Jaylen peaked in 2009, when 2,236 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #175 in 2009.
- How many people are named Jaylen?
- 45,951 babies have been named Jaylen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 45,430 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Jaylen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jaylen was most common in Massachusetts, at 1.5 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.