Yailyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- YAY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Yailyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Yailyn come from?
Modern: Latin American coinage with the -lyn ending, like Jailyn
Is Yailyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Yailyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yailyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Yailyn, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2001, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had fewer girls named Yailyn than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Yailyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yailyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
Names like Yailyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jazlyn, Brooklyn, Brynlee, Londyn, Camryn, Braelynn, Teagan, Gracelynn, Raelynn, Rowan, Miley, Karsyn
Names related to Yailyn
Ailyn, Yailin, Ailynn, Yeilyn, Yaileen, Aylyn, Yailene, Ahilyn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, 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, “Yailyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yailyn, updated 20 October 2026.