NameTides

Jalen

Jalen was the #442 boys' name in the US in 2025 (711 babies), and #1,798 in England & Wales and #629 in Canada.

Jalen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Jalen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Jalen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#442 (711)#1,798 (14)#629 (45)
2024#467 (661)#1,952 (12)#714 (37)
2023#429 (726)#2,814 (7)#774 (32)
2022#519 (571)#2,166 (10)#862 (29)
2021#516 (568)#2,125 (10)#875 (28)
2020#547 (520)#1,935 (11)#999 (22)
2019#531 (539)#2,488 (8)#1,448 (13)
2018#551 (504)#3,011 (6)#1,093 (19)
2017#599 (451)#2,734 (7)#1,194 (17)
2016#575 (482)#4,023 (4)#1,026 (21)
2015#590 (468)#3,004 (6)#1,384 (13)
2014#572 (487)#4,632 (3)#977 (22)
2013#501 (544)#1,920 (11)#1,109 (18)
2012#470 (581)#2,270 (9)#1,033 (20)
2011#401 (707)#2,039 (10)#818 (27)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2000 at #106.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jalen is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 2,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jalen by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #411WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: #435IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #477MNIllinois: #711ILMichigan: #571MINew York: #322NYMassachusetts: #438MAOregon: #604ORNevada: #323NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #192SDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #579INOhio: #513OHPennsylvania: #239PANew Jersey: #272NJConnecticut: #326CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #390CAUtah: #703UTColorado: #626CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: #569KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #388VAMaryland: #285MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #559AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #386KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #539NCSouth Carolina: #438SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #426OKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #375ALGeorgia: #464GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #526TXFlorida: #338FL
Jalen (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#75315

Jalen (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JalenCanadaGirls—too few
JalenCanadaBoys#62945
JalenEngland & WalesBoys#1,79814
JalenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JalenUSGirls—too few
JalenUSBoys#442711