Masculine dossier · first seen 1991

Jaylen

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jaylen
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2009

Peak rank proxy

2,236

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1991Peak 20092024

Peak year

2009

Decline from peak

52.5%

2024

1,061

All-time

39,984

Jaylen has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2009, when 2,236 boys were named Jaylen.

In 2024, only 1,061 boys were given the name.

Down 52.5% from its peak.

All told, about 39,984 Americans have been named Jaylen and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1991.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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