unisex name

Jailan

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 223

Jailan is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 14% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2013 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2000, when 22 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1996.

Jailan over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2013, not a full ten years.

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Births named Jailan by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 34
2000s 132
2010s (to 2013) 14

How popular is Jailan?

In 2013, Jailan was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Jailan is used

France as Jaïlan #1,822 15 in 2025
England & Wales #5,901 3 in 2014
United States #11,910 6 in 2013

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 Jailan is spelled

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

Spelling What it is Births on record
Jaïlan Jaïlan is Jailan written with a diaeresis, used in France, where it ranks #1,822. 40

Names that peaked alongside Jailan

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

Parents who like Jailan also like

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

Sibling names for Jailan

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

Common questions about Jailan

How popular is the name Jailan?

In 2013, Jailan was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Jailan is used for both girls and boys. About 14% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Jailan most popular?

Jailan peaked in 2000, when 22 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Jailan a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jailan currently ranks #1,822 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.