Girls' name · since 1994
Jaelah
Jaelah has 914 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,996 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,396 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 914
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jaelah currently ranks #12396 among girls' names in America, with 914 babies recorded since 1994.
Jaelah has 914 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12396 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #7,996 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,396 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 914 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaelah ranks #7,996 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,396 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 914 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,996 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,396 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 914
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jaelah's 914 recorded births place it above 88.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jaelah compares
914 Top 34% higher than 66% 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
Jaelah's all-time total is 143% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaelah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 914 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 62 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jaelah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jaelah's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 62, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jaelah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 62
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Jaelah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (442 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Jaelah's strongest decade.
442 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Jaelah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 47
1990s
47 births
- 2000s
2000s
332 births
- 2010s
2010s
442 births
- 2020s 93
2020s
93 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 442 births (48% of all-time use).
How Jaelah 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 Jaelah's total volume
Jaelah by state
Where Jaelah concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 59 | 6.5% |
| #2 | Florida | | 38 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 35 | 3.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 26 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.5% |
59 of 914 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Jaelah appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jaelah's data
- Jaelah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (442 total births); usage has since declined to 93 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jaelahs (59 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jaelah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Jaelah 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.