Jayken

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jayken by the numbers

Jayken was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Jayken

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

  • Jaydenthankful; a modern coinage9,776 in the US (2017)
  • Jaysengod is gracious; a form of Jason63 in the US (2017)
  • Jaylen1,147 in the US (2017)
  • Jayven86 in the US (2017)
  • Jaycen61 in the US (2017)
  • Jayren31 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jayken

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

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