Girls' name · since 1988
Jalita
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 15 babies named Jalita, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #49,753 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jalita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 15 recorded since 1988.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalita has been recorded 15 times among girls since 1988, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 1992.
- #49,753 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalita ranks #49,753 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #49,753 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jalita's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jalita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jalita's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded.
Jalita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1992
- Peak year (1988)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Jalita by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
1990s was Jalita's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Jalita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jalita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~4 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, 1988–1992 (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 Jalita 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.