Jaelyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 436 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
436
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Jaelyn has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2019. Lower is more popular.
#522#786#1050201520172019#970

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YearUS rank
2015#602
2016#610
2017#708
2018#826
2019#970

Jaelyn by the numbers

Jaelyn was given to 436 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 1,013 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Jaelyn

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jaelyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jaclynsupplanter; a feminine form of Jacob149 in the US (2017)
  • Jaslynjasmine flower; a modern respelling of Jasmine107 in the US (2017)
  • Jacelyngod is gracious; a form of Jacqueline78 in the US (2017)
  • Jazlyn659 in the US (2017)
  • Jaelynn365 in the US (2017)
  • Jaylyn155 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jaelyn

Names that are said the same way as Jaelyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Jaelyn

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