Girls' name · since 1976
Jaelene
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 489 babies named Jaelene, peaking in 1998. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,014 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,581 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 489
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jaelene currently ranks #13581 among girls' names in America, with 489 babies recorded since 1976.
Jaelene has 489 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13581 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #12,014 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,581 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 489 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaelene ranks #12,014 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,581 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 489 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,014 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,581 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 489
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jaelene's 489 recorded births place it above 83.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Jaelene compares
489 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
Jaelene's all-time total is 30% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaelene | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 489 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jaelene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jaelene's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 36, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jaelene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Jaelene by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (203 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Jaelene's strongest decade.
203 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Jaelene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
91 births
- 2000s
2000s
203 births
- 2010s
2010s
138 births
- 2020s 47
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 203 births (42% of all-time use).
Jaelene by state
Where Jaelene concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 126 | 25.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 17 | 3.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 6 | 1.2% |
126 of 489 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Jaelene's data
- Jaelene's decade-level peak was the 2000s (203 total births); usage has since declined to 47 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jaelenes (126 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 Jaelene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Jaelene 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.