# Jaylen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jaylen/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 45,951 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 40,904 / 5,047 (11% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 972, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 232 | 1,063 |
| 2012 | 229 | 1,085 |
| 2013 | 185 | 1,278 |
| 2014 | 158 | 1,443 |
| 2015 | 148 | 1,524 |
| 2016 | 162 | 1,428 |
| 2017 | 162 | 1,411 |
| 2018 | 139 | 1,559 |
| 2019 | 114 | 1,792 |
| 2020 | 100 | 1,915 |
| 2021 | 92 | 2,079 |
| 2022 | 79 | 2,355 |
| 2023 | 72 | 2,476 |
| 2024 | 51 | 3,137 |
| 2025 | 35 | 4,109 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,727 | 206 |
| 2012 | 1,434 | 256 |
| 2013 | 1,200 | 291 |
| 2014 | 1,097 | 317 |
| 2015 | 1,004 | 343 |
| 2016 | 901 | 369 |
| 2017 | 995 | 343 |
| 2018 | 983 | 340 |
| 2019 | 998 | 336 |
| 2020 | 1,037 | 319 |
| 2021 | 1,045 | 317 |
| 2022 | 1,053 | 320 |
| 2023 | 1,245 | 270 |
| 2024 | 1,066 | 324 |
| 2025 | 907 | 361 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 59 | 588 |
| 2012 | 45 | 734 |
| 2013 | 54 | 632 |
| 2014 | 60 | 592 |
| 2015 | 49 | 682 |
| 2016 | 35 | 884 |
| 2017 | 52 | 673 |
| 2018 | 47 | 721 |
| 2019 | 47 | 707 |
| 2020 | 41 | 766 |
| 2021 | 49 | 704 |
| 2022 | 54 | 646 |
| 2023 | 67 | 561 |
| 2024 | 57 | 651 |
| 2025 | 46 | 745 |

## People named Jaylen

- Jaylen Nowell, American basketball player (born 1999)
- Jaylen Barron, American child actor, film actor and actor
- Jaylen Wells, American basketball player (born 2003)
- Jaylen Clark, American basketball player (born 2001)
- Jaylen Adams, American basketball player (born 1996)
- Jaylen Hands, American basketball player (born 1999)
- Jaylen Waddle, American football wide receiver
- Jaylen Hoard, French basketball player (born 1999)
- D. J. Wilson, American basketball player (born 1996)

## 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.