Jalayah
#1,777 for girls in 2025, 113 births
- Peak · girls
- 2022 · 155 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,237since 1994
Jalayah over time
Rank among girls' names. Jalayah has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,777 | 113 |
| 2024 | #1,753 | 115 |
| 2023 | #1,493 | 145 |
| 2022 | #1,443 | 155 |
| 2021 | #1,491 | 142 |
| 2020 | #1,524 | 139 |
| 2019 | #1,540 | 140 |
| 2018 | #1,878 | 107 |
| 2017 | #1,989 | 99 |
| 2016 | #1,908 | 105 |
| 2015 | #1,778 | 117 |
| 2014 | #1,781 | 115 |
| 2013 | #1,684 | 125 |
| 2012 | #1,791 | 114 |
| 2011 | #2,088 | 92 |
| 2010 | #2,476 | 75 |
| 2009 | #2,672 | 68 |
| 2008 | #3,645 | 44 |
| 2007 | #3,653 | 44 |
| 2006 | #3,734 | 41 |
| 2005 | #4,828 | 27 |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 |
| 2003 | #3,731 | 37 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
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| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 |
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| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jalayah! It came in at #13,430, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1994–1996, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jalayah is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#384 · 1 in 1,271
- Michigan#863 · 1 in 4,466
- Virginia#1,037 · 1 in 5,624
- Ohio#1,134 · 1 in 6,753
- Georgia#1,213 · 1 in 6,458
Best ever in a state: #347 in Mississippi, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #384 | 7 | 1 in 1,271 |
| Michigan | #863 | 8 | 1 in 4,466 |
| Virginia | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 5,624 |
| Ohio | #1,134 | 7 | 1 in 6,753 |
| Georgia | #1,213 | 7 | 1 in 6,458 |
| Florida | #1,436 | 9 | 1 in 9,640 |
| California | #2,093 | 9 | 1 in 17,969 |
| Texas | #2,386 | 8 | 1 in 20,068 |
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See more about Jalayah
- 24 spots since 2024 (#1,753 → #1,777)
- 253 spots since 2020 (#1,524 → #1,777)
- 1 spot since 2015 (#1,778 → #1,777)
- Debuted 1994
- Peaked 2022 at #1,443 (155 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 10,581 girls born in 2022 were named Jalayah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,224 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 48.7% of all girls named Jalayah (1,089) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17 | #10,836 (1997) | #12,892 |
| 2000s | 322 | #2,672 (2009) | #5,209 |
| 2010s | 1,089 | #1,540 (2019) | #1,891 |
| 2020s | 809 | #1,443 (2022) | #1,580 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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