Jalene — #15490 US unisex name
1,160 babies named Jalene in U.S. Social Security records since 1939, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to girls today.
28% of everyone ever named Jalene was born in this single decade.
45 babies were named Jalene in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jalene
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,160 babies named Jalene between 1939 and 2024, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jalene currently holds the #15490 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 45 babies received it in a single year. Jalene is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 67 additional births since 1993.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jalene performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 328 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Jalene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 102 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jalene in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jalene 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 1,160 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.
Jalene at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Jalene popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1939
- Peak year (2004)
- 45
- Annual births at peak — across 86 years of records
Currently ranks #15490 among girls.
1,160 total births across 86 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 45 births in a single year.
Jalene popularity over time — boys
67 total births recorded since 1993 (Jalene as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jalene accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jalene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 328 births that decade — 28% of Jalene's all-time total
Jalene decade highlights
- Peak decade 328 births
- Runner-up 181 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jalene's strongest decade
328 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Jalene by state
Where Jalene concentrates geographically — total births since 1939
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 102 | 8.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 48 | 4.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 13 | 1.1% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.4% |
102 of 1,160 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.8% of nationwide
- New York 4.1% of nationwide
- Texas 1.1% of nationwide
- New Jersey 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1939–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.