Jaelan — #10243 US boys' name
273 babies named Jaelan in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 28% of names given to boys today.
42% of everyone ever named Jaelan was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Jaelan in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaelan
The Social Security Administration has registered 273 babies named Jaelan between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaelan currently holds the #10243 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Jaelan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 39 additional births since 1997.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaelan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jaelan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaelan 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 273 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.
Jaelan at a glance
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Jaelan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2000)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #10243 among boys.
273 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 20 births in a single year.
Jaelan popularity over time — girls
39 total births recorded since 1997 (Jaelan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jaelan accounts for 13% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jaelan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 115 births that decade — 42% of Jaelan's all-time total
Jaelan decade highlights
- Peak decade 115 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jaelan's strongest decade
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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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, 1993–2024 (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.