Jalen — #467 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jalen

The Social Security Administration has registered 40,113 babies named Jalen between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jalen currently holds the #467 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 3,513 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jalen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 20,446 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jalen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,962 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Jalen in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jalen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 40,113 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.