Girls' name · since 1993
Jalilah
Since 1993, U.S. Social Security records show 264 babies named Jalilah, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,063 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,937 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 264
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
264 babies have been named Jalilah since 1993, making it today's #4937 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalilah has been recorded 264 times among girls since 1993, currently ranked #4937 nationally and more common than 71% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #17,063 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,937 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 264 born since 1993
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalilah ranks #17,063 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,937 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 264 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,063 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,937 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 264
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jalilah's 264 recorded births place it above 76.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jalilah compares
264 42nd 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
Jalilah's all-time total is 30% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jalilah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 264 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jalilah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jalilah's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jalilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Jalilah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (111 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Jalilah's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Jalilah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 43
2000s
43 births
- 2010s
2010s
111 births
- 2020s
2020s
93 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 111 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jalilah's data
- Jalilah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (111 total births) through the 2020s (93) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Jalilah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Jalilah 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.