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Jalen name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Jalen ranks #443 in male records (711 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
No published 2025 observation. A missing observation is not zero.
2025 male rank and count
#443 · 711 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count increased by 50 male records (661 to 711); rank moved from #467 to #443.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count increased by 143 male records (568 to 711); rank moved from #517 to #443.
Peak year in available data
2023: 726 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Jalen becoming more popular?

Jalen's reported male count increased by 50 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #467 to #443. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

The 2025 file has no published female observation for Jalen. That is not a count of zero.

Jalen in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for JalenFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.7260201620252016: 11 female records2017: 7 female records2018: 9 female records2019: 8 female records2020: 5 female records2021: 10 female records2022: 7 female records2023: 10 female records2024: 13 female records2016: 482 male records2017: 451 male records2018: 504 male records2019: 539 male records2020: 520 male records2021: 568 male records2022: 571 male records2023: 726 male records2024: 661 male records2025: 711 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025——711443
2024138,161661467
2023109,897726429
2022712,781571520
2021109,858568517
2020516,121520547
2019811,808539531
2018910,915504551
2017713,283451599
2016119,686482575

Questions about Jalen’s popularity

How common is Jalen in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Jalen ranks #443 in male records (711 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Jalen?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Jalen only.

Can I compare this name with my partner?

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