girls:
1.7k births since 1992
#4066 (29th percentile)
boys:
39.4k births since 1976
#569 (88th percentile)
overall:
41.1k births since 1976
#1220 (84th percentile)
The name Jalen is the #1,220 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 41,142 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 84.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 84.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #569 (87.6% percentile) for all time with 39,445 births since 1976. For girls, it ranks #4,066 (28.8% percentile) for all time with 1,697 births since 1992.
Jalen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for boys and 1992 for girls). Birth data for Jalen is available in 39 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023 (39 years for boys and 32 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jalen has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Jalen reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 87.1% percentile (ranked #106) with 1,682 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 1,682 births per million (ranked 87.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jalen ranks #396 for boys (56.6% percentile) with 393 births per million, which is 23.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jalen reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 18.1% percentile (ranked #735) with 84 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 84 births per million (ranked 18.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Jalen ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 6.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jalen".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Jalen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.6% confident that Jalen is pronounced as JAY-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAY-lihn, at 11.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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