Girls' name · since 1983
Jalia
Jalia has 1,614 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,435 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,054 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,614
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jalia is the #8054 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,614 recorded since 1983.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalia has been recorded 1,614 times among girls since 1983, currently ranked #8054 nationally and more common than 53% 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 1983 to 2025.
- #5,435 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,054 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,614 born since 1983
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalia ranks #5,435 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,054 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,614 born since 1983, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,435 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,054 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,614
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jalia's 1,614 recorded births place it above 92.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Jalia compares
1,614 Top 25% higher than 75% 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
Jalia's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jalia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,614 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 119 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jalia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jalia's full recorded timeline at 2007, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 119 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jalia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 119
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Jalia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (680 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Jalia's strongest decade.
680 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Jalia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 206
1990s
206 births
- 2000s
2000s
680 births
- 2010s
2010s
540 births
- 2020s 178
2020s
178 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 680 births (42% of all-time use).
How Jalia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jalia's total volume
Jalia by state
Where Jalia concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 90 | 5.6% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 88 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 36 | 2.2% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 34 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 33 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 29 | 1.8% |
| #7 | California | | 29 | 1.8% |
| #8 | New York | | 28 | 1.7% |
90 of 1,614 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Jalia appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jalia's data
- Jalia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (680 total births); usage has since declined to 178 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Jalias (90 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Jalia
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Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Jalia
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Jalia
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jalia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1983–2025 (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 Jalia 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.