Recorded 1991–2016 Girls' name Peak 2016 42 births

Jaalah — girls' name

42 babies named Jaalah in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s152000s112010s16
2010s
Peak decade

38% of everyone ever named Jaalah was born in this single decade.

2016
Single peak year

10 babies were named Jaalah in 2016 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jaalah

The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Jaalah between 1991 and 2016, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaalah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaalah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jaalah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jaalah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 42 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Jaalah at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

42

Since 1991

26 years of records

Peak year

2016

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1991

Recorded for 26 years

Last year on file: 2016

Jaalah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1991

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2016)
10
Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
4681012 2016201520062001199919971991 5

Jaalah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
16 births that decade — 38% of Jaalah's all-time total
1990s152000s112010s16

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jaalah?
42 babies have been named Jaalah since 1991. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2016 with 10 births.
When was Jaalah most popular?
Jaalah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
How long has the name Jaalah been used?
Jaalah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1991, spanning 26 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Jaalah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jaaliyah, Jaala, Jaanvi, Jaanai, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.