Girls' name · since 2006

Jaleiah

Since 2006, U.S. Social Security records show 178 babies named Jaleiah, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#21,016 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#11,570 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
178
born since 2006
2010s
peak decade

Jaleiah currently ranks #11570 among girls' names in America, with 178 babies recorded since 2006.

Jaleiah has 178 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11570 as of the latest data, more common than 33% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.

  • #21,016 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #11,570 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 178 born since 2006
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaleiah ranks #21,016 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,570 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 178 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.

#21,016 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#11,570 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
178
born since 2006
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%33.1%
Jaleiah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jaleiah's 178 recorded births place it above 70.9% 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.

How Jaleiah compares

178 35th 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

Jaleiah's all-time total is 53% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Jaleiah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 178 376 567,345
Peak-year births 20 21 19,840

Jaleiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Jaleiah splits its recorded history at 2016: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2023 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Jaleiah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2011)
20
Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
0510152025 2006201020132016201920222025 8

Jaleiah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (102 births, 57% of the file).

2010s was Jaleiah's strongest decade.

102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.

Jaleiah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 102 births (57% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jaleiah?
178 babies have been named Jaleiah since 2006. All-time, it sits at #21,016 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #11,570 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2011 with 20 births.
Where does Jaleiah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaleiah ranks #21,016 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,570 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Jaleiah most popular?
Jaleiah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 102 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Jaleiah been used?
The SSA has tracked Jaleiah since 2006 -- 20 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Jaleiah?
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 Jaleiah's data

  • Jaleiah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (102 total births) through the 2020s (47) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Jaleiah: 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, 2006–2025 (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 Jaleiah 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.