Jailynn
Recorded 1993–2025 · United States
Jailynn was most popular in 2009, when 157 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,601 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,305, with 42 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,353 people named Jailynn.
Jailynn over time
How old is the name Jailynn?
Jailynn first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1993, which makes it about 32 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 33 of the 33 years since.
How many people are named Jailynn?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,353 American births named Jailynn 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 2,333 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Jailynn in 2025?
42 American babies were named Jailynn in 2025, ranking #6,305 that year.
Is Jailynn getting more or less popular?
Jailynn is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 42 births a year, against 102 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -59% 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.
Is Jailynn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Jailynn is a girl’s name — 98.1% of the 2,353 Americans given it were girls and 1.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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.
How old is someone named Jailynn?
Roughly 2,333 Americans named Jailynn are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 17 years old, and half are between 11 and 21. That is a narrow band: Jailynn 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.
Where Jailynn 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