Recorded 1963–2025 · United States
Jaelyn was most popular in 2008, when 1,090 American babies were given the name — ranking #618 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,180, with 117 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 15,601 people named Jaelyn.
Jaelyn first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1963, which makes it about 62 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 47 of the 63 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 15,601 American births named Jaelyn between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 15,458 are estimated to be alive today.
117 American babies were named Jaelyn in 2025, ranking #3,180 that year.
Jaelyn is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 200 births a year, against 614 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -67% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Jaelyn is mostly a girl’s name — 91.0% of the 15,601 Americans given it were girls and 9.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 89% girls and 11% 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.
Roughly 15,458 Americans named Jaelyn are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 17 years old, and half are between 12 and 22. That is a narrow band: Jaelyn arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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