Recorded 2005–2021 Girls' name Peak 2009 89 births

Japleen — girls' name

89 babies named Japleen in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s252010s542020s10
2010s
Peak decade

61% of everyone ever named Japleen was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

9 babies were named Japleen in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Japleen

The Social Security Administration has registered 89 babies named Japleen between 2005 and 2021, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Japleen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Japleen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Japleen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Japleen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Japleen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 89 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Japleen at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

89

Since 2005

17 years of records

Peak year

2009

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

2005

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2021

Japleen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2005

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2009)
9
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
45678910 2021201920152013201120072005 5

Japleen by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
54 births that decade — 61% of Japleen's all-time total
2000s252010s542020s10

Japleen by state

Where Japleen concentrates geographically — total births since 2005

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Japleen
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
12 13.5%
California share of Japleen's total US births 13.5%

12 of 89 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Japleen?
89 babies have been named Japleen since 2005. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2009 with 9 births.
When was Japleen most popular?
Japleen was most popular in the 2010s decade with 54 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Where is Japleen most popular?
The top states for the name Japleen are California (12 births).
How long has the name Japleen been used?
Japleen has been recorded in Social Security data since 2005, spanning 17 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Japleen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Japji, Japneet, Japonica, Japnoor, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2005–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.