Jaylen

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A male given name originating as a coinage, of modern American usage; variant form Jalen

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ʒeɪɫən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jaylen is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 10K(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 28K
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 164K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

33,253 people, 2020

Sources
304 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 10K (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A male given name originating as a coinage, of modern American usage; variant form Jalen.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jaylen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jaylen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States33,2531 in 10K29KJaylen304
CN China≈1,200 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Jaylen10
NL Netherlands6091 in 28K596Jaylen11
PH Philippines≈350 est.≈1 in 309K—Jaylen23
ID Indonesia≈330 est.≈1 in 812K—Jaylen7
AU Australia≈160 est.≈1 in 164K6Jaylen48
CA Canada≈130 est.≈1 in 294K8Jaylen45
SG Singapore≈25 est.≈1 in 246K—Jaylen14

33,253 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jaylen is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Jay-Len

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Türkiye

    Also written Jăýlĕn

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19902000Jaylen Morris, b. 1995Jaylen Brown, b. 1996D. J. Wilson, b. 1996Jaylen Adams, b. 1996Jaylen Bacon, b. 1996Jaylen Johnson, b. 1996Jaylen Barford, b. 1996Jaylen Barron, b. 1998Jaylen Hands, b. 1999Jaylen Nowell, b. 1999

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Jaylen,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 40 sources across 25 countries.

Official registers attesting Jaylen
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202029K#1,185
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20204.4K#1,185
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2025907—
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—596#1,455
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—475#3,316
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)202472—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)202369—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)202165—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)202260—
NL NetherlandsSVB Kindernamen — annual newborn name frequency (Wayback-recovered)201746#334
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)200845—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)200543—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Jaylen a male or female name?
Jaylen is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Jaylen mean, and where does it come from?
A male given name originating as a coinage, of modern American usage; variant form Jalen. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Jaylen?
In the etymology graph, Jacqueline, Jackie and Mina are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Jaye.
How do you pronounce Jaylen?
A machine transcription gives /ʒeɪɫən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Jaylen have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 33 thousand people named Jaylen, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jaylen.
Where is Jaylen most common?
Jaylen is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 10 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Jaylen?
In the United States, the national register counted 33,253 people named Jaylen in 2020, about 1 in 10 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jaylen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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