Unisex name · since 1993
Jelen
18 babies named Jelen in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,719 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
18 boys have been named Jelen since 1993, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Jelen recorded 18 times among boys since 1993, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2001.
- #29,719 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 18 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jelen ranks #29,719 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #29,719 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jelen's 18 recorded births place it above 34.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jelen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jelen splits its recorded history at 2000: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jelen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2001
- Peak year (2000)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Jelen popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 2020 (Jelen as girls' name)
Jelen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (13 births, 72% of the file).
2000s was Jelen's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Jelen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jelen: 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 (~8 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, 1993–2001 (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 Jelen 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.