Girls' name · since 1988
Jelina
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 245 babies named Jelina, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,787 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,705 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 245
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jelina is the #13705 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 245 recorded since 1988.
Social Security Administration records show Jelina recorded 245 times among girls since 1988, holding rank #13705 nationally today, ahead of 21% of girls, 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 1988 to 2025.
- #17,787 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,705 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 245 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jelina ranks #17,787 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,705 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 245 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,787 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,705 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 245
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jelina's 245 recorded births place it above 75.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jelina compares
245 41st 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
Jelina's all-time total is 35% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jelina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 245 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jelina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jelina splits its recorded history at 2009: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jelina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Jelina by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (96 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Jelina's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Jelina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
96 births
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
- 2020s 36
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 96 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Jelina's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (96 total births) through the 2020s (36) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jelina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Jelina 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.