Jayleen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JAY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #1,098 for girls
Jayleen is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,098th for girls in the US (218 babies).
Where does Jayleen come from?
Modern: spelling of Jaylin; blend of Jay and Lynn, or a spelling of Jalen
Meaning borrowed from Jaylin. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jayleen a girl's or a boy's name?
Jayleen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 218 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jayleen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 218about 1 in 7,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 218 girls in the US were named Jayleen, making it the 1,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 549th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 802 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 12 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Jayleen than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Jayleen in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 936 girls in the US were given Jayleen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #356, up from #1,098 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 85% of the babies named Jayleen in the US in 1994, and over 99% in 2015.
Jayleen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 218 | #1,098 |
| 2024 | 265 | #978 |
| 2023 | 356 | #790 |
| 2022 | 488 | #611 |
| 2021 | 541 | #565 |
| 2020 | 543 | #549 |
| 2019 | 546 | #561 |
| 2018 | 613 | #506 |
| 2017 | 662 | #470 |
| 2016 | 722 | #445 |
| 2015 | 750 | #425 |
| 2014 | 770 | #415 |
| 2013 | 793 | #390 |
| 2012 | 764 | #409 |
| 2011 | 802 | #394 |
| 2010 | 679 | #455 |
| 2009 | 552 | #553 |
| 2008 | 498 | #613 |
| 2007 | 373 | #774 |
| 2006 | 320 | #838 |
| 2005 | 257 | #958 |
| 2004 | 254 | #948 |
| 2003 | 177 | #1,202 |
| 2002 | 148 | #1,317 |
| 2001 | 157 | #1,252 |
| 2000 | 110 | #1,600 |
| 1999 | 106 | #1,578 |
| 1998 | 97 | #1,655 |
| 1997 | 59 | #2,280 |
| 1996 | 47 | #2,626 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
Nicknames for Jayleen
- Jay 83 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jayleen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jazlyn Raelynn Gracelynn Jordyn Haven Hayden Myla Rowan Peyton Miley Leighton Teagan
Other spellings of Jayleen
Jaelynn Jaylin Jaelyn Jaylynn Jailyn Jailyne Jaylyn Jailynn Jaylen Jeylin Jeilyn
Names related to Jayleen
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani Kayson
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, “Jayleen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jayleen, updated 20 October 2026.