How Many People Are Named Jalen?
people named Jalen are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,177 people in the US has this name
Based on 42,547 babies named Jalen in Social Security records from 1976 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,680 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
An invented name. In America it was popularized in the 1990s by basketball player Jalen Rose (1973-), whose name was a combination of those of his father James and maternal uncle Leonard.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jalen in English. Counting Jalen and these spellings together, about 106,566 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jalen, 4% were girls and 96% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 5% of the babies were girls then and 1.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jalen alive today is about 21 years old, and 88% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jalen first appears in the records in 1976 and was given most often in 2000, to 3,680 babies. In 2025, 711 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1976 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jalen has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #106, in 2000. In 2025 it ranked #443.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #443 |
| Best rank | #106 (2000) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #190 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jalen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jalen were born in California than in any other state: about 3,115 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jalen was given 2.7 times as often in Mississippi, 2.6 times in District of Columbia and 2.2 times in South Carolina.
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