# Jaelyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jaelyn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,601 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,400 / 14,201 (91% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 24, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

20th-century coinage, variant of Jaylynn.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 760 | 417 |
| 2012 | 651 | 471 |
| 2013 | 496 | 579 |
| 2014 | 446 | 641 |
| 2015 | 490 | 602 |
| 2016 | 493 | 609 |
| 2017 | 406 | 708 |
| 2018 | 328 | 828 |
| 2019 | 270 | 970 |
| 2020 | 254 | 1,003 |
| 2021 | 233 | 1,076 |
| 2022 | 203 | 1,185 |
| 2023 | 173 | 1,311 |
| 2024 | 136 | 1,563 |
| 2025 | 98 | 1,966 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 66 | 2,043 |
| 2012 | 45 | 2,695 |
| 2013 | 43 | 2,733 |
| 2014 | 35 | 3,177 |
| 2015 | 40 | 2,938 |
| 2016 | 32 | 3,471 |
| 2017 | 38 | 3,092 |
| 2018 | 37 | 3,127 |
| 2019 | 27 | 3,940 |
| 2020 | 38 | 3,046 |
| 2021 | 43 | 2,882 |
| 2022 | 26 | 4,135 |
| 2023 | 39 | 3,143 |
| 2024 | 31 | 3,639 |
| 2025 | 19 | 5,104 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |

## People named Jaelyn

- Jaelyn Fox, American pornographic actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.