Recorded 1989–2025 · United States
Jaylan was most popular in 2006, when 369 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,370 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,675, with 49 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 5,539 people named Jaylan.
Jaylan first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1989, which makes it about 36 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 36 of the 37 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 5,539 American births named Jaylan 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 5,455 are estimated to be alive today.
49 American babies were named Jaylan in 2025, ranking #5,675 that year.
Jaylan is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 53 births a year, against 113 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -53% 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 Jaylan is mostly a boy’s name — 14.9% of the 5,539 Americans given it were girls and 85.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 10% girls and 90% 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 5,455 Americans named Jaylan are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 21 years old, and half are between 16 and 26. That is a narrow band: Jaylan 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