Boys' name · since 1991
Jelan
73 babies named Jelan in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,546 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 73
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jelan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 73 have been recorded since 1991.
Jelan has 73 recorded births among boys since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1991 to 2010.
- #19,546 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 73 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jelan ranks #19,546 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 73 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,546 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 73
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jelan's 73 recorded births place it above 56.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jelan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jelan splits its recorded history at 2000: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jelan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2010
- Peak year (2000)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Jelan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (37 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Jelan's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Jelan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
31 births
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 37 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Jelan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (37 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jelan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1991–2010 (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 Jelan 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.