Girls' name · since 2002
Jaely
Jaely has 176 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,121 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 176
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jaely sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 176 recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaely has been recorded 176 times among girls since 2002, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 2002 to 2024.
- #21,121 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 176 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaely ranks #21,121 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 176 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,121 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 176
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jaely's 176 recorded births place it above 70.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jaely's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaely's full recorded timeline at 2012, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaely popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2024
- Peak year (2017)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Jaely by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (76 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Jaely's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Jaely births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
70 births
- 2010s
2010s
76 births
- 2020s 30
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 76 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Jaely's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (76 total births) through the 2020s (30) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jaely: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2002–2024 (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 Jaely 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.