Girls' name · since 2007
Jaelei
27 babies named Jaelei in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #42,227 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jaelei is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 27 have been recorded since 2007.
Social Security Administration records show Jaelei recorded 27 times among girls since 2007, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2020.
- #42,227 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaelei ranks #42,227 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #42,227 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jaelei's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jaelei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jaelei splits its recorded history at 2018: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2007 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jaelei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2020
- Peak year (2017)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Jaelei by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (17 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Jaelei's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Jaelei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 17 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Jaelei's decade-level peak was the 2010s (17 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jaelei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~13 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, 2007–2020 (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 Jaelei 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.