Girls' name · since 1990

Jaleena

260 babies named Jaleena in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#17,217 of 72,339
all-time among girls
260
born since 1990
2000s
peak decade

Jaleena is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 260 have been recorded since 1990.

Jaleena has 260 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2024.

  • #17,217 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 260 born since 1990
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaleena ranks #17,217 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 260 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.

#17,217 of 72,339
all-time among girls
260
born since 1990
2000s
peak decade
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Jaleena's 260 recorded births place it above 76.15% 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.

Jaleena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Jaleena's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Jaleena popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2024

Last recorded 2024
Peak year (2009)
18
Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
05101520 19901999200420082012201620202024 8

Jaleena by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (107 births, 41% of the file).

2000s was Jaleena's strongest decade.

107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.

Jaleena births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 107 births (41% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jaleena?
260 babies have been named Jaleena since 1990. All-time, it sits at #17,217 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 2024. The peak year was 2009 with 18 births.
Where does Jaleena sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaleena ranks #17,217 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Jaleena most popular?
Jaleena was most popular in the 2000s decade with 107 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Jaleena been used?
The SSA has tracked Jaleena since 1990 -- 35 years through the most recent 2024 data.
What names are similar to Jaleena?
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 Jaleena's data

  • Jaleena's decade-level peak was the 2000s (107 total births); usage has since declined to 26 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 Jaleena

Nearby Names Like Jaleena

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Jaleena

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Jaleena: 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, 1990–2024 (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 Jaleena 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.