Jalayah — #1757 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jalayah

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,124 babies named Jalayah between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jalayah currently holds the #1757 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 155 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jalayah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,089 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jalayah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 163 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Jalayah in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jalayah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,124 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.