Jadyn

Where Jadyn comes from

Jadyn hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1981
    First appearance
    #4,162 among girls, 18 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1985
    Jadyn Wong born
    Canadian film actress
  3. 1999
    Jadyn Matthews born
    Jamaican association football player
  4. 2005
    Peak, #249
    1,313 babies named Jadyn — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #642.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Jadyn Wong · Canadian film actress, born 1985
  • Jadyn Matthews · Jamaican association football player, born 1999
  • Jadyn Parker · American basketball player, born 2002

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.