Girls' name · since 2003

Jalaila

103 babies named Jalaila in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#26,780 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#14,093 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
103
born since 2003
2010s
peak decade

Jalaila currently ranks #14093 among girls' names in America, with 103 babies recorded since 2003.

Jalaila has 103 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14093 as of the latest data, more common than 19% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.

  • #26,780 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #14,093 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 103 born since 2003
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalaila ranks #26,780 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,093 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 103 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.

#26,780 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#14,093 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
103
born since 2003
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%18.5%
Jalaila vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jalaila's 103 recorded births place it above 62.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Jalaila compares

103 25th 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

Jalaila's all-time total is 73% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Jalaila Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 103 376 567,345
Peak-year births 11 21 19,840

Jalaila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Jalaila's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Jalaila popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2012)
11
Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
4681012 20032008201120132015201720192025 6

Jalaila by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (62 births, 60% of the file).

2010s was Jalaila's strongest decade.

62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.

Jalaila births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 62 births (60% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jalaila?
Jalaila has been given to 103 babies in the U.S. since 2003, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #26,780 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #14,093 of 17,297. 11 babies were born in 2012, its single highest year.
Where does Jalaila sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalaila ranks #26,780 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,093 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Jalaila most popular?
Jalaila was most popular in the 2010s decade with 62 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Jalaila been used?
The SSA has tracked Jalaila since 2003 -- 23 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Jalaila?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jaliyah, Jalisa, Jalyn, Jalynn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Jalaila's data

  • Jalaila's decade-level peak was the 2010s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Jalaila

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Two nationwide peer axes for Jalaila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2003–2025 (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 Jalaila 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.