Girls' name · since 1979
Jalee
473 babies named Jalee in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,273 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 473
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jalee is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 473 have been recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalee has been recorded 473 times among girls since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2024.
- #12,273 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 473 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalee ranks #12,273 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 473 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,273 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 473
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jalee's 473 recorded births place it above 83.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Indiana.
Jalee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jalee's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 32, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jalee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2024
- Peak year (2005)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Jalee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (242 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Jalee's strongest decade.
242 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Jalee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 79
1990s
79 births
- 2000s
2000s
242 births
- 2010s
2010s
116 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 242 births (51% of all-time use).
Jalee by state
Where Jalee concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
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- Jalee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (242 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Indiana records the most Jalees (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Indiana 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 Jalee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1979–2024 (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 Jalee 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.