Jalaya Girl
How popular is Jalaya?
#3,211 girl name in 2025
49 baby girls were named Jalaya in the US in 2025, making it the 3211th most popular girl name.
Jalaya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,211 for girls (▼ 822 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 49 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-44% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,169 in 2015, #2,078 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2010 (112 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,818 in 2010 |
| First recorded | 1993 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jalaya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jalayah family of names ranked #1,073 for girls in 2025 (#988 the year before), with 183 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jalayah | 113 | 62% |
| Jalaya | 49 | 27% |
| Jalaiah | 7 | 4% |
| Jalaia | 8 | 4% |
| Jahlayah | 6 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jalaya is most popular
Babies named Jalaya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Jalaya by decade
Girl names about as popular as Jalaya
Questions
- Is Jalaya a boy or girl name?
- Jalaya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jalaya were girls.
- How popular is the name Jalaya?
- 49 baby girls were named Jalaya in the US in 2025, making it the 3211th most popular girl name.
- When was Jalaya most popular?
- Jalaya peaked in 2010, when 112 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,818 in 2010.
- How many people are named Jalaya?
- 1,917 babies have been named Jalaya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,905 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Jalaya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jalaya was most common in Georgia, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.