Jalynn

Where Jalynn comes from

Jalynn 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. 1943
    Jalynn Bennett born
    Canadian corporate director
  2. 1957
    First appearance
    #5,377 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 2003
    Peak, #898
    265 babies named Jalynn — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,675.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Jalynn Bennett · Canadian corporate director, 1943–2015

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.