Jelia — girls' name
15 babies named Jelia in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
15 girls have been named Jelia since 2004, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2016.
- 15
- total births
- 2004–2016
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
67% of everyone ever named Jelia was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Jelia in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jelia
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Jelia between 2004 and 2016, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jelia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jelia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jelia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jelia 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 15 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.
Jelia at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2004
- Peak year (2004)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
15 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 5 births in a single year.
Jelia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 10 births that decade — 67% of Jelia's all-time total
Jelia decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jelia's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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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, 2004–2016 (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.