Girls' name · since 1972
Jalila
Since 1972, U.S. Social Security records show 231 babies named Jalila, peaking in 2001. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,359 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,281 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 231
- born since 1972
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jalila is the #10281 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 231 recorded since 1972.
Jalila has 231 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10281 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #18,359 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,281 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 231 born since 1972
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalila ranks #18,359 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,281 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 231 born since 1972, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,359 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,281 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 231
- born since 1972
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jalila's 231 recorded births place it above 74.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jalila compares
231 40th 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
Jalila's all-time total is 39% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jalila | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 231 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jalila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jalila splits its recorded history at 2007: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jalila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Jalila by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (62 births, 27% of the file).
2000s was Jalila's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Jalila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
38 births
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
62 births
- 2010s
2010s
60 births
- 2020s
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 62 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Jalila's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (62 total births) through the 2020s (46) -- 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 Jalila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Jalila 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.