Jalen
#555 most common boys' name of all time · #1,225 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1976–2025
Rank among boys
#555
Rank overall
#1,225 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
42,547
Since 2016
5,813
Peak year
2000 #106
Best rank
#106 2000
Girls
Boys
peak 3,680/yr
Jalen first appears in 1976. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 711 | 711 | #443 |
| 2024 | 13 | 661 | 674 | #467 |
| 2023 | 10 | 726 | 736 | #429 |
| 2022 | 7 | 571 | 578 | #519 |
| 2021 | 10 | 568 | 578 | #516 |
| 2020 | 5 | 520 | 525 | #547 |
| 2019 | 8 | 539 | 547 | #531 |
| 2018 | 9 | 504 | 513 | #551 |
| 2017 | 7 | 451 | 458 | #599 |
| 2016 | 11 | 482 | 493 | #575 |
| 2015 | 11 | 468 | 479 | #591 |
| 2014 | 20 | 487 | 507 | #573 |
| 2013 | 21 | 544 | 565 | #501 |
| 2012 | 15 | 581 | 596 | #471 |
| 2011 | 25 | 707 | 732 | #402 |
| 2010 | 37 | 720 | 757 | #394 |
| 2009 | 36 | 850 | 886 | #361 |
| 2008 | 51 | 1,054 | 1,105 | #316 |
| 2007 | 60 | 1,282 | 1,342 | #268 |
| 2006 | 54 | 1,591 | 1,645 | #228 |
| 2005 | 79 | 1,708 | 1,787 | #212 |
| 2004 | 104 | 2,022 | 2,126 | #190 |
| 2003 | 118 | 2,620 | 2,738 | #155 |
| 2002 | 115 | 2,686 | 2,801 | #145 |
| 2001 | 132 | 3,121 | 3,253 | #127 |
| 2000 | 167 | 3,513 | 3,680 | #106 |
| 1999 | 121 | 2,037 | 2,158 | #172 |
| 1998 | 100 | 1,588 | 1,688 | #204 |
| 1997 | 47 | 1,012 | 1,059 | #277 |
| 1996 | 62 | 1,367 | 1,429 | #222 |
| 1995 | 78 | 1,396 | 1,474 | #211 |
| 1994 | 72 | 1,698 | 1,770 | #183 |
| 1993 | 76 | 1,392 | 1,468 | #216 |
| 1992 | 30 | 612 | 642 | #378 |
| 1991 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,952 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,653 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,927 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,390 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,635 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,356 |