Jalin

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jalin by the numbers

Jalin was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 148 babies in 2001, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Jalin

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 Jalin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jaminright hand; favoured; a form of Benjamin41 in the US (2017)
  • Jalyn58 in the US (2017)
  • Jaelin26 in the US (2017)
  • Jolin17 in the US (2017)
  • Jarin7 in the US (2017)
  • Jamiehe supplants; form of james195 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Jalin

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

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