Jalyn
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- JAY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Jalyn is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
Where does Jalyn come from?
Modern: blend of the Ja- prefix and Lyn
Is Jalyn a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Jalyn has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 11 boys in the US.
How popular is Jalyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Jalyn, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 122 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992. 9 girls were also named Jalyn in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Jalyn than any year since 1992.
Half of all the boys named Jalyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 82% of the babies named Jalyn in the US in 1992, and 44% in 2023.
Jalyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 51 | #2,436 |
| 2010 | 61 | #2,168 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,202 |
| 2008 | 66 | #2,087 |
| 2007 | 83 | #1,772 |
| 2006 | 98 | #1,526 |
| 2005 | 108 | #1,380 |
| 2004 | 99 | #1,423 |
| 2003 | 108 | #1,295 |
| 2002 | 105 | #1,285 |
| 2001 | 122 | #1,135 |
| 2000 | 113 | #1,194 |
| 1999 | 81 | #1,433 |
| 1998 | 66 | #1,582 |
| 1997 | 62 | #1,625 |
| 1996 | 74 | #1,411 |
| 1995 | 56 | #1,618 |
| 1994 | 44 | #1,889 |
| 1993 | 35 | #2,204 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
Names like Jalyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaylen Jayden Jackson Johan Jaxton Kayden Hudson Kyler Jonah Jordan Griffin Dawson
Names related to Jalyn
More Modern names
Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jalyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jalyn, updated 20 October 2026.