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Boy's name · #361 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave
Jaylen's best rank, #175, came in 2009; it has settled back to #361 today. Roughly 41,000 boys have been named Jaylen since 1991.
Jaylen rose sharply in the early 1990s, alongside the Jalen naming trend associated with basketball player Jalen Rose.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 42 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#503 in Canada (2025) · #520 in Netherlands (2025) · #631 in Ecuador (2025) · #745 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,041 in France (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #2,255 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,465 in Italy (2024) · #785 in Ireland (2024) · #1,385 in Belgium (2024) · #358 in New Zealand (2023) · #241 in Puerto Rico (2022) and 3 more.
Among 116 notable people named Jaylen:
Sports figures appear 4.31× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jaylen Brown, American basketball player (born 1996).
Popular twin pairings with Jaylen include Jayden for a boy, and Jayla for a girl.
Similar names: Zaylen · Kaden · Jalen · Daxton · Jaiden · Braylen
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