Girls' name · since 2006
Jalaiah
Since 2006, U.S. Social Security records show 135 babies named Jalaiah, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,864 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,699 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jalaiah is the #12699 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 135 recorded since 2006.
Jalaiah has 135 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12699 as of the latest data, more common than 27% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #23,864 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,699 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 135 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalaiah ranks #23,864 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,699 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 135 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,864 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,699 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jalaiah's 135 recorded births place it above 66.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Jalaiah compares
135 30th 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
Jalaiah's all-time total is 64% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jalaiah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 135 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jalaiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jalaiah splits its recorded history at 2018: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2006 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jalaiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Jalaiah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (75 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Jalaiah's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Jalaiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
- 2020s
2020s
75 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 75 births (56% of all-time use).
Jalaiah by state
Where Jalaiah concentrates geographically, total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 3.7% |
5 of 135 births nationwide.
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- Florida records the most Jalaiahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida 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 Jalaiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2006–2025 (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 Jalaiah 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.