Girls' name · since 1996
Jaelee
Jaelee has 491 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,988 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,602 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 491
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
491 babies have been named Jaelee since 1996, making it today's #8602 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaelee has been recorded 491 times among girls since 1996, currently ranked #8602 nationally and more common than 50% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #11,988 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,602 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 491 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaelee ranks #11,988 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,602 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 491 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,988 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,602 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 491
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jaelee's 491 recorded births place it above 83.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Jaelee compares
491 Top 45% higher than 55% 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
Jaelee's all-time total is 31% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaelee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 491 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jaelee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaelee's full recorded timeline at 2011, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 30 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaelee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Jaelee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (193 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Jaelee's strongest decade.
193 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Jaelee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
189 births
- 2010s
2010s
193 births
- 2020s
2020s
91 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 193 births (39% of all-time use).
Jaelee by state
Where Jaelee concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
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- Jaelee's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (193 total births) through the 2020s (91) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Jaelees (22 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Jaelee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Jaelee 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.