girl's name

Jaelyn

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 16,404

Jaelyn is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 117 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2008, when 1,090 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 28,337 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1963.

Jaelyn over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

7,270
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Jaelyn by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 5
1970s 14
1980s 66
1990s 1,313
2000s 7,270
2010s 5,640
2020s (to 2025) 1,293

How popular is Jaelyn?

In 2025, Jaelyn was given to 117 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Jaelyn is used

United States #1,970 117 in 2025
Canada #2,039 11 in 2024
England & Wales #5,264 4 in 2022
France #6,600 5 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Jaelyn is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Jaëlyn Jaëlyn is a rare spelling of Jaelyn, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. 5

Names that peaked alongside Jaelyn

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Jaelyn also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jaelyn over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Jaelyn

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jaelyn — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Jaelyn

How popular is the name Jaelyn?

In 2025, Jaelyn was given to 117 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Jaelyn a girl's or a boy's name?

Jaelyn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Jaelyn most popular?

Jaelyn peaked in 2008, when 1,090 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Jaelyn a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jaelyn currently ranks #1,970 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.