Fun Facts About the Name Jazlyn
- More than 17 thousand babies named Jazlyn: U.S. records list 17,485 babies given the name Jazlyn from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Jazlyn Mean?
Jazlyn is a modern English name built from two elements: Jaz-, taken from Jasmine, and the ending -lyn. Jasmine goes back to Persian yāsamin, the jasmine flower, which passed into Arabic as yāsamīn and into European languages through French jasmin. Its literal sense is the flower itself, and the flower's fragrance is what gives the name its customary association with sweetness.
The -lyn element is best understood as a name ending rather than a word with a fixed meaning. It matches the Welsh word llyn ("lake") and the English surname and given name Lynn, and that link is often repeated, but in modern American combinations like this one the ending is chosen for its sound. Because the name is a combination rather than a translation, it has no single inherited meaning; its content is the flower name plus the suffix.
Jazlyn Name History & Origins
Jazlyn belongs to a broad group of American names formed with the ending -lyn. That pattern has older representatives in names such as Marilyn, Carolyn, and Evelyn, and it was extended in the later twentieth century by names like Kaitlyn, Ashlyn, and Brooklyn, which attach the ending to a familiar word or name. Jazlyn follows the same route, joining the then-current girl's name Jasmine to -lyn.
The parent element, Jasmine, came into English from French jasmin, which came from Arabic yāsamīn, from Persian yāsamin. As a given name it became well established in English-speaking countries during the twentieth century, and it also appears in fiction, notably as the princess in the Disney animated film Aladdin (1992). Jazlyn has several spellings in current use, including Jazlynn, Jaslyn, and Jazzlyn, which reflect the flexible spelling habits of modern American naming rather than any single source.
How Popular is the Name Jazlyn?
Jazlyn recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2008. Its best rank was #378 in 2008.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #537 | 563 | 0.0350% |
| 2024 | #590 | 510 | 0.0316% |
| 2023 | #540 | 559 | 0.0349% |
| 2022 | #522 | 597 | 0.0364% |
| 2021 | #451 | 694 | 0.0423% |
| 2020 | #547 | 549 | 0.0340% |
| 2019 | #505 | 624 | 0.0372% |
| 2018 | #464 | 679 | 0.0399% |
| 2017 | #473 | 660 | 0.0382% |
| 2016 | #513 | 606 | 0.0342% |
| 2015 | #504 | 630 | 0.0353% |
| 2014 | #474 | 667 | 0.0373% |
| 2013 | #439 | 698 | 0.0398% |
| 2012 | #390 | 792 | 0.0450% |
| 2011 | #401 | 788 | 0.0448% |
| 2010 | #407 | 785 | 0.0442% |
| 2009 | #384 | 834 | 0.0454% |
| 2008 | #378 | 860 | 0.0455% |
| 2007 | #433 | 755 | 0.0393% |
| 2006 | #534 | 565 | 0.0297% |
| 2005 | #643 | 433 | 0.0234% |
| 2004 | #653 | 419 | 0.0228% |
| 2003 | #586 | 468 | 0.0256% |
| 2002 | #622 | 411 | 0.0229% |
| 2001 | #586 | 433 | 0.0240% |
| 2000 | #664 | 366 | 0.0202% |
| 1999 | #809 | 269 | 0.0152% |
| 1998 | #687 | 330 | 0.0187% |
| 1997 | #703 | 307 | 0.0176% |
| 1996 | #943 | 204 | 0.0116% |
| 1995 | #1,429 | 114 | 0.0065% |
| 1994 | #2,131 | 64 | 0.0036% |
| 1993 | #2,582 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 1992 | #2,657 | 46 | 0.0025% |
| 1991 | #3,117 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 1990 | #3,839 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1989 | #4,739 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1988 | #5,433 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1987 | #6,493 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #6,331 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1985 | #5,167 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1984 | #7,667 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1983 | #8,385 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #11,169 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #11,049 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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