Jalen

Where Jalen comes from

The dictionaries list Jalen as a given name — a male given name from a combination of James and Len — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Len
Along the way
  1. 1976
    First appearance
    #5,587 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1996
    Jalen Brunson born
    American basketball player
  3. 2000
    Peak, #106
    3,513 babies named Jalen — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2002
    Jalen Green born
    American basketball player
  5. 2005
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #212.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from a combination of James and Len.
Namesakes
  • Jalen Brunson · American basketball player, born 1996
  • Jalen Green · American basketball player, born 2002
  • Jalen Rose · American basketball player, born 1973
  • Jalen Williams · American basketball player, born 2001
  • Jalen Johnson · American basketball player (born December 2001), born 2001

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.