Girls' name · since 1982
Jalayna
330 babies named Jalayna in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,337 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 330
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jalayna currently ranks #10337 among girls' names in America, with 330 babies recorded since 1982.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalayna has been recorded 330 times among girls since 1982, currently ranked #10337 nationally and more common than 40% 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 1982 to 2025.
- #15,129 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,337 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 330 born since 1982
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalayna ranks #15,129 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,337 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 330 born since 1982, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,337 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 330
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jalayna's 330 recorded births place it above 79.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
How Jalayna compares
330 47th 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
Jalayna's all-time total is 12% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jalayna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 330 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jalayna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jalayna's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jalayna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Jalayna by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (138 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Jalayna's strongest decade.
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Jalayna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
106 births
- 2010s
2010s
138 births
- 2020s 54
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 138 births (42% of all-time use).
Jalayna by state
Where Jalayna concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 1.8% |
6 of 330 births nationwide.
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What to do with Jalayna's data
- Jalayna's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (138 total births) through the 2020s (54) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Pennsylvania records the most Jalaynas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania 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 Jalayna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Jalayna 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.