Jehilyn vs Jehu
American parents have registered 1,059 Jehus since 1880, against 541 Jehilyns. But in 2025 it was Jehilyn that was commoner, 35 babies to 31.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Jehilyn Jehu
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 73 years in which either name was published, Jehu for 65 years and Jehilyn for 8 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Jehilyn | Jehu | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 541 | 1,059 |
| Most in one year | 117 | 35 |
| Babies in 2025 | 35 | 31 |
| Estimated living today | 540 | 910 |
| Median age today | 3 | 17 |
| Peak year | 2022 | 2024 |
| Best rank | 1,763rd girls | 3,335th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 4,067th | 3,583rd |
| First recorded | 2014 | 1914 |
| Girls / boys | 541 / 0 | 0 / 1,059 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Jehus alive today are over 17; half the Jehilyns are over 3. That is 14 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Jehilyn Texas (3.8×), California (3.2×), New York (1.6×)
- Jehu Texas (7.1×), California (4.4×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Jehilyn and Jehu.