Jalen
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#442
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
711
boys 711
Peak year
2000
3,513 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
42,547
since 1976
Born a Jalen? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Jalen was most popular in 2000, when 3,513 babies recorded as boys got the name (1.8 per 1,000). In 2025, 711 babies were named Jalen, ranking #442 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 39%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 711 | 442 |
| 2024 | 13 | 7967 | 661 | 467 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9616 | 726 | 429 |
| 2022 | 7 | 12243 | 571 | 519 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9562 | 568 | 516 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15088 | 520 | 547 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11356 | 539 | 531 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10545 | 504 | 551 |
| 2017 | 7 | 12713 | 451 | 599 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9411 | 482 | 575 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9481 | 468 | 590 |
| 2014 | 20 | 6207 | 487 | 572 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6017 | 544 | 501 |
| 2012 | 15 | 7804 | 581 | 470 |
| 2011 | 25 | 5358 | 707 | 401 |
| 2010 | 37 | 4023 | 720 | 394 |
| 2009 | 36 | 4196 | 850 | 361 |
| 2008 | 51 | 3267 | 1,054 | 316 |
| 2007 | 60 | 2964 | 1,282 | 268 |
| 2006 | 54 | 3090 | 1,591 | 228 |
| 2005 | 79 | 2278 | 1,708 | 212 |
| 2004 | 104 | 1820 | 2,022 | 190 |
| 2003 | 118 | 1625 | 2,620 | 155 |
| 2002 | 115 | 1606 | 2,686 | 145 |
| 2001 | 132 | 1427 | 3,121 | 127 |
| 2000 | 167 | 1195 | 3,513 | 106 |
| 1999 | 121 | 1442 | 2,037 | 172 |
| 1998 | 100 | 1620 | 1,588 | 204 |
| 1997 | 47 | 2659 | 1,012 | 277 |
| 1996 | 62 | 2177 | 1,367 | 222 |
| 1995 | 78 | 1819 | 1,396 | 211 |
| 1994 | 72 | 1952 | 1,698 | 183 |
| 1993 | 76 | 1865 | 1,392 | 216 |
| 1992 | 30 | 3581 | 612 | 378 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 15 | 3813 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 6 | 7178 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 6 | 6426 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 5 | 6721 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 5 | 6262 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 5 | 5845 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 5 | 5587 |
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Where Jalen is most popular
- Alabama2.0×
- Mississippi1.8×
- Louisiana1.7×
- Pennsylvania1.5×
- Michigan1.4×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 4% · boys 96% across all years