Jalen
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #7,967 · #442 for boys in 2025, 711 births
Given to boys 96.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2000 · 3,513 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 40,836since 1976
Jalen over time
Rank among boys' names. Jalen has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #442 | 711 | |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | #467 | 661 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | #429 | 726 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #519 | 571 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #516 | 568 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #547 | 520 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #531 | 539 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #551 | 504 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #599 | 451 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | #575 | 482 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #590 | 468 |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 | #572 | 487 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 | #501 | 544 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #470 | 581 |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 | #401 | 707 |
| 2010 | #4,023 | 37 | #394 | 720 |
| 2009 | #4,196 | 36 | #361 | 850 |
| 2008 | #3,267 | 51 | #316 | 1,054 |
| 2007 | #2,964 | 60 | #268 | 1,282 |
| 2006 | #3,090 | 54 | #228 | 1,591 |
| 2005 | #2,278 | 79 | #212 | 1,708 |
| 2004 | #1,820 | 104 | #190 | 2,022 |
| 2003 | #1,625 | 118 | #155 | 2,620 |
| 2002 | #1,606 | 115 | #145 | 2,686 |
| 2001 | #1,427 | 132 | #127 | 3,121 |
| 2000 | #1,195 | 167 | #106 | 3,513 |
| 1999 | #1,442 | 121 | #172 | 2,037 |
| 1998 | #1,620 | 100 | #204 | 1,588 |
| 1997 | #2,659 | 47 | #277 | 1,012 |
| 1996 | #2,177 | 62 | #222 | 1,367 |
| 1995 | #1,819 | 78 | #211 | 1,396 |
| 1994 | #1,952 | 72 | #183 | 1,698 |
| 1993 | #1,865 | 76 | #216 | 1,392 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 | #378 | 612 |
| 1991 | — | #3,813 | 15 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
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| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
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| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
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| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
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| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jalen! It came in at #5,587, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1987, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jalen is popular in 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#141 · 1 in 639
- Georgia#159 · 1 in 746
- Maryland#165 · 1 in 787
- Mississippi#174 · 1 in 786
- North Carolina#180 · 1 in 844
Best ever in a state: #33 in District of Columbia, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #141 | 36 | 1 in 639 |
| Georgia | #159 | 82 | 1 in 746 |
| Maryland | #165 | 38 | 1 in 787 |
| Mississippi | #174 | 20 | 1 in 786 |
| North Carolina | #180 | 66 | 1 in 844 |
| Michigan | #183 | 58 | 1 in 886 |
| Delaware | #188 | 5 | 1 in 790 |
| Virginia | #191 | 44 | 1 in 977 |
| Louisiana | #193 | 28 | 1 in 898 |
| Alabama | #205 | 24 | 1 in 1,046 |
| District of Columbia | #222 | 5 | 1 in 847 |
| Indiana | #224 | 37 | 1 in 1,035 |
| Pennsylvania | #247 | 44 | 1 in 1,452 |
| Florida | #250 | 74 | 1 in 1,358 |
| New Jersey | #261 | 29 | 1 in 1,572 |
| Tennessee | #268 | 26 | 1 in 1,451 |
| Ohio | #286 | 38 | 1 in 1,696 |
| Missouri | #289 | 22 | 1 in 1,569 |
| Kentucky | #297 | 13 | 1 in 1,817 |
| Illinois | #317 | 42 | 1 in 1,780 |
| Arizona | #323 | 24 | 1 in 1,809 |
| Arkansas | #327 | 9 | 1 in 1,690 |
| Kansas | #346 | 10 | 1 in 1,692 |
| New York | #354 | 50 | 1 in 2,182 |
| Wisconsin | #362 | 14 | 1 in 2,097 |
| Washington | #414 | 16 | 1 in 2,328 |
| Nevada | #428 | 6 | 1 in 2,516 |
| California | #438 | 77 | 1 in 3,301 |
| Oklahoma | #443 | 9 | 1 in 2,382 |
| Connecticut | #453 | 5 | 1 in 3,231 |
| Minnesota | #490 | 9 | 1 in 3,315 |
| Texas | #490 | 54 | 1 in 3,504 |
| Massachusetts | #600 | 6 | 1 in 5,337 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jalen
- 25 spots since 2024 (#467 → #442)
- 105 spots since 2020 (#547 → #442)
- 148 spots since 2015 (#590 → #442)
- Biggest jump: 3,435 spots in 1992 (#3,813 → #378)
- Biggest drop: 71 spots in 2014 (#501 → #572)
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 2000 at #106 (3,513 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1992–2025
- Highest: 1 in 559 boys born in 2000 were named Jalen (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,402 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 50.1% of all boys named Jalen (20,447) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 | #5,587 (1976) | #5,716 |
| 1980s | 16 | #6,262 (1981) | #6,470 |
| 1990s | 11,123 | #172 (1999) | #1,285 |
| 2000s | 20,447 | #106 (2000) | #211 |
| 2010s | 5,483 | #394 (2010) | #518 |
| 2020s | 3,757 | #429 (2023) | #487 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jalen in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 37,077 of them was named Jalen, which outranked 84.0% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,222Yenifer52
- #3,222Zuleyka52
- #3,222Zyon52
- #3,267Jalen51
- #3,267Abbagail51
- #3,267Abbi51
- #3,267Adrionna51
- #3,316Adara50
- #3,316Adelia50
- #3,316Aixa50
Tied with 48 names at #3,267; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 1,936 of them was named Jalen, which outranked 97.8% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.