Jaela — #5052 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jaela

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,704 babies named Jaela between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaela currently holds the #5052 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 182 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaela performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,333 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jaela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 196 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jaela in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jaela 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 2,704 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.