Jalen
- Pronunciation
- [Ja-len]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Bird Of Light
- Origin
- American
Jalen Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 1,711 baby girls have been named Jalen. The name peaked in 2000 with 167 US births that year (rank #1198). In 2024, ranked #8124 nationally — 6,926 places below its 2000 peak.
Top States for Jalen
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Jalen births are: California (119), Texas (77), Georgia (60).
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5-Letter Names Starting with J
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Quick Facts About Jalen
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Jalen by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 3,513 boys named Jalen (boy rank #106 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #443 for boys (711 US births). That's 337 places below its 2000 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Jalen Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Jalen the strongest states are Alabama, Mississippi, Florida.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | #345 | 140 |
| 2 | Mississippi | #384 | 71 |
| 3 | Florida | #392 | 426 |
| 4 | Nevada | #397 | 39 |
| 5 | Georgia | #421 | 227 |
| 6 | Michigan | #427 | 192 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | #428 | 247 |
| 8 | Connecticut | #433 | 32 |
| 9 | Louisiana | #450 | 113 |
| 10 | Nebraska | #465 | 15 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah | #646 | 25 |
| 2 | Colorado | #637 | 63 |
| 3 | Minnesota | #635 | 63 |
| 4 | Washington | #631 | 99 |
| 5 | Missouri | #629 | 71 |
| 6 | New York | #623 | 247 |
| 7 | Texas | #618 | 435 |
| 8 | Arizona | #593 | 96 |
| 9 | Illinois | #589 | 154 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | #554 | 60 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Jalen in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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