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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Jaylee

Jaylee was the 1302nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 171 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 581st with 505 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 556 places. More babies were named Jaylee in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#1,302 girls, down 383 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
171girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2012505 babies
Total since 1880
8,601babies recorded

Jaylee popularity since 1880

02505007501k 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 129 since 1993.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#1,302171
2020#919282
2010#613481
2000#1,84793
1990#9,6188
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How popular is Jaylee, counting every spelling?

Jaylee is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #866 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,302 for Jaylee on its own. Together these spellings went to 298 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Jaylee171#1,3021,066
Jailee17#6,651164
Jaylie20#6,004134
Jayli19#6,20984
Jaeli20#6,00075
Jaelee12#8,56468
Jailey15#7,27361
Jeily11#9,12751
Jayleah8#11,34139
Jaely——30

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Jaylee?

171 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jaylee (0.05 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Jaylee born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 49 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jaylee.

Chance of another Jaylee in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inLouisianaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Jaylee?

About 8,400 people born in the US named Jaylee are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 9 and 19. That makes Jaylee mostly worn by children and young adults.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Jaylee by state

How common Jaylee was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Louisiana (3.0×), Utah (2.2×), Oklahoma (2.2×), Indiana (2.0×), Georgia (1.7×). In 23 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesIL0.11Michigan: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMI0.08New York: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesNY0.10Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesOR0.08Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesIN0.26Ohio: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesOH0.14Pennsylvania: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesPA0.13New Jersey: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.06Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesCA0.08Utah: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesUT0.29Colorado: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCO0.04Nebraska: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesNE0.14Missouri: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesMO0.16Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesVA0.04Maryland: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMD0.05Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesNM0.21Kansas: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesKS0.21Arkansas: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesAR0.11Tennessee: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesTN0.21North Carolina: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesNC0.12South Carolina: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesSC0.07District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesOK0.28Louisiana: 0.40 per 1,000 babiesLA0.40Mississippi: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesMS0.15Alabama: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesAL0.19Georgia: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesGA0.23Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesTX0.18Florida: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesFL0.14
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Jaylee, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Jaylee: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jaylee, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Jaylee

How popular is the name Jaylee?

Jaylee was the 1302nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 171 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 581st with 505 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 556 places. More babies were named Jaylee in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Jaylee a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Jaylee in the US.

Where is Jaylee most popular?

In 2021–2025, Jaylee was most common in Louisiana (0.40 per 1,000 girls), followed by Utah and Oklahoma.