Girls' name · since 2016
Jalylah
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 34 babies named Jalylah, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #39,497 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,594 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 34
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jalylah is the #16594 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 34 recorded since 2016.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalylah has been recorded 34 times among girls since 2016, currently ranked #16594 nationally and more common than 4% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #39,497 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,594 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 34 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalylah ranks #39,497 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,594 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 34 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #39,497 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,594 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 34
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jalylah's 34 recorded births place it above 45.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jalylah compares
34 12th 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
Jalylah's all-time total is 91% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jalylah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 34 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jalylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jalylah's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2024, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jalylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Jalylah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (18 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Jalylah's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Jalylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 18 births (53% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jalylah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Jalylah 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.