Girls' name · since 1988
Jalecia
393 babies named Jalecia in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,655 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 393
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jalecia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 393 recorded since 1988.
Jalecia has 393 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2022.
- #13,655 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 393 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalecia ranks #13,655 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 393 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,655 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 393
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jalecia's 393 recorded births place it above 81.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Jalecia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jalecia's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 39% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 61%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jalecia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2022
- Peak year (1991)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Jalecia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (157 births, 40% of the file).
1990s was Jalecia's strongest decade.
157 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Jalecia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 36
1980s
36 births
- 1990s
1990s
157 births
- 2000s
2000s
143 births
- 2010s 46
2010s
46 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 157 births (40% of all-time use).
Jalecia by state
Where Jalecia concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
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- Jalecia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (157 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Jalecias (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jalecia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1988–2022 (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 Jalecia 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.