Girls' name · since 1995
Jailah
Jailah has 1,252 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,440 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,436 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,252
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,252 babies have been named Jailah since 1995, making it today's #6436 girls' name.
Jailah has 1,252 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6436 as of the latest data, more common than 63% 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 1995 to 2025.
- #6,440 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,436 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,252 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jailah ranks #6,440 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,436 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,252 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,440 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,436 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,252
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jailah's 1,252 recorded births place it above 91.09% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Jailah compares
1,252 Top 29% higher than 71% 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
Jailah's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jailah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,252 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 72 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jailah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jailah's full recorded timeline at 2010, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 72 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jailah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 72
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Jailah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (518 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Jailah's strongest decade.
518 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Jailah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 77
1990s
77 births
- 2000s
2000s
518 births
- 2010s
2010s
509 births
- 2020s 148
2020s
148 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 518 births (41% of all-time use).
How Jailah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jailah's total volume
Jailah by state
Where Jailah concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 71 | 5.7% |
| #2 | Florida | | 40 | 3.2% |
| #3 | California | | 35 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 17 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 16 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 14 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 7 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 6 | 0.5% |
71 of 1,252 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Jailah appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jailah's data
- Jailah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (518 total births); usage has since declined to 148 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Jailahs (71 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Jailah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Jailah 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.