Girls' name · since 1996
Jaley
Jaley has 405 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,411 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,728 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 405
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
405 babies have been named Jaley since 1996, making it today's #15728 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaley has been recorded 405 times among girls since 1996, currently ranked #15728 nationally and more common than 9% of girls, 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 1996 to 2025.
- #13,411 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,728 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 405 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaley ranks #13,411 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,728 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 405 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,411 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,728 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 405
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jaley's 405 recorded births place it above 81.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Jaley compares
405 Top 49% higher than 51% of 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
Jaley's all-time total is 8% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 405 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jaley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jaley splits its recorded history at 2009: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 30 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jaley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Jaley by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (226 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Jaley's strongest decade.
226 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Jaley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 41
1990s
41 births
- 2000s
2000s
226 births
- 2010s
2010s
122 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 226 births (56% of all-time use).
Jaley by state
Where Jaley concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 13 | 3.2% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 5 | 1.2% |
13 of 405 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Jaley's data
- Jaley's decade-level peak was the 2000s (226 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Jaleys (13 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Jaley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Jaley 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.