Girls' name · since 1979
Jaela
Jaela has 2,725 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,823 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,786 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,725
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
2,725 babies have been named Jaela since 1979, making it today's #5786 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaela has been recorded 2,725 times among girls since 1979, currently ranked #5786 nationally and more common than 67% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #3,823 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,786 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,725 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaela ranks #3,823 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,786 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,725 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,823 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,786 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,725
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jaela's 2,725 recorded births place it above 94.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
24 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Jaela compares
2,725 Top 19% higher than 81% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jaela's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,725 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 182 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jaela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaela's full recorded timeline at 2004, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 182 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 182
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Jaela by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,333 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Jaela's strongest decade.
1,333 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Jaela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 46
1980s
46 births
- 1990s 294
1990s
294 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,333 births
- 2010s
2010s
826 births
- 2020s 216
2020s
216 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,333 births (49% of all-time use).
How Jaela compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jaela's total volume
Jaela by state
Where Jaela concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 196 | 7.2% |
| #2 | California | | 186 | 6.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 159 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 134 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 84 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 78 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 74 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 66 | 2.4% |
196 of 2,725 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Jaela appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jaela's data
- Jaela's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,333 total births); usage has since declined to 216 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Jaelas (196 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jaela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jaela draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.