Girls' name · since 2015
Jahlayah
36 babies named Jahlayah in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,811 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,487 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 36
- born since 2015
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jahlayah is the #14487 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 36 recorded since 2015.
Social Security Administration records show Jahlayah recorded 36 times among girls since 2015, holding rank #14487 nationally today, ahead of 16% of girls, 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 2015 to 2025.
- #38,811 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,487 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 36 born since 2015
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jahlayah ranks #38,811 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,487 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 36 born since 2015, peaking in the 2010s.
- #38,811 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,487 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 36
- born since 2015
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jahlayah's 36 recorded births place it above 46.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jahlayah compares
36 12th percentile among 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
Jahlayah's all-time total is 90% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jahlayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 36 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jahlayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jahlayah's full recorded timeline at 2023, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% 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 2015 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jahlayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Jahlayah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (18 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Jahlayah's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Jahlayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jahlayah's data
- Jahlayah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 2020s (18) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jahlayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~10 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, 2015–2025 (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 Jahlayah 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.