Boy · Modern American coinage
Jaylen
Say it: JAY-lin
Meaning
A modern American coinage combining Jay with the ending -len (as in Allen); it has no older meaning.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Spread from the 1990s, helped by basketball player Jalen Rose.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 40,234 babies given this name since 1991
- At its height in 2009, about 1 in 888 boys
- 1,128 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jalen, Jaylin, Jaylon
Famous bearers
- Jalen Rose, US basketball player
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Where this comes from
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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