Girls' name · since 1993
Jalah
597 babies named Jalah in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,592 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 597
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jalah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 597 recorded since 1993.
Jalah has 597 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1993 to 2024.
- #10,592 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 597 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalah ranks #10,592 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 597 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,592 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 597
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jalah's 597 recorded births place it above 85.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Jalah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jalah splits its recorded history at 2008: 36% of all births land in the more recent half, 64% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 48 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jalah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2024
- Peak year (2000)
- 48
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Jalah popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2001 (Jalah as boys' name)
Jalah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (334 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Jalah's strongest decade.
334 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Jalah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 100
1990s
100 births
- 2000s
2000s
334 births
- 2010s
2010s
147 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 334 births (56% of all-time use).
How Jalah 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 Jalah's total volume
Jalah by state
Where Jalah concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 11 | 1.8% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 10 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.8% |
11 of 597 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Jalah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (334 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Jalahs (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jalah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1993–2024 (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 Jalah 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.