Is Jaelin a boy or girl name?

Jaelin is a unisex name. Of the 2,180 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 42.1% were girls and 57.9% were boys. It changed hands in 2003, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Jaelin

Recorded 1992–2025 · United States

Jaelin was most popular in 2002, when 150 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,293 that year. In 2025 it ranked #16,070, with 10 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,180 people named Jaelin.

Jaelin over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jaelin’s peak in 2002. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jaelin a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jaelin is a unisex name — 42.1% of the 2,180 Americans given it were girls and 57.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2003 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 33% girls and 67% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Jaelin

Where Jaelin is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org