# Jaylee (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jaylee/  
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 | Jayleigh |
| US babies named this | 8,601 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 129 / 8,472 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 75, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

20th-century coinage from Jay + Lee. Compare Jaylynn, Kaylee.

## 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 | 491 | 589 |
| 2012 | 505 | 581 |
| 2013 | 436 | 653 |
| 2014 | 403 | 701 |
| 2015 | 378 | 746 |
| 2016 | 359 | 793 |
| 2017 | 321 | 848 |
| 2018 | 276 | 959 |
| 2019 | 308 | 870 |
| 2020 | 282 | 919 |
| 2021 | 265 | 981 |
| 2022 | 247 | 1,036 |
| 2023 | 203 | 1,181 |
| 2024 | 180 | 1,287 |
| 2025 | 171 | 1,302 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 13 | 5,542 |
| 2003 | 11 | 6,453 |
| 2004 | 11 | 6,728 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,883 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11,552 |
| 2009 | 13 | 6,599 |
| 2010 | 7 | 10,141 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10,104 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,235 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,933 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,138 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,163 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,120 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,358 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,485 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,970 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,627 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 | 2,220 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2,126 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |

## 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.