Jaelene — #11317 US girls' name
483 babies named Jaelene in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Jaelene was born in this single decade.
36 babies were named Jaelene in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaelene
The Social Security Administration has registered 483 babies named Jaelene between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaelene currently holds the #11317 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 36 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaelene performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 203 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jaelene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 126 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jaelene in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaelene 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 483 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.
Jaelene at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jaelene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (1998)
- 36
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #11317 among girls.
483 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 36 births in a single year.
Jaelene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 203 births that decade — 42% of Jaelene's all-time total
Jaelene decade highlights
- Peak decade 203 births
- Runner-up 138 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jaelene's strongest decade
203 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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 | 26.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 17 | 3.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 6 | 1.2% |
126 of 483 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 26.1% of nationwide
- New York 3.5% of nationwide
- Texas 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 26.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1976–2024 (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.