Girls' name · since 1999
Jailey
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 369 babies named Jailey, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,189 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,330 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 369
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
369 babies have been named Jailey since 1999, making it today's #7330 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jailey has been recorded 369 times among girls since 1999, currently ranked #7330 nationally and more common than 58% of girls, 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 1999 to 2025.
- #14,189 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,330 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 369 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jailey ranks #14,189 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,330 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 369 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,189 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,330 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 369
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jailey's 369 recorded births place it above 80.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jailey compares
369 49th 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
Jailey's all-time total is 2% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jailey | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 369 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jailey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jailey splits its recorded history at 2014: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jailey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Jailey by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (146 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Jailey's strongest decade.
146 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Jailey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
136 births
- 2010s
2010s
146 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 146 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Jailey's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (146 total births) through the 2020s (81) -- 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 Jailey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Jailey 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.