Jala
Jala is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2001172 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1973
- 2,049people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,049 girls have been named Jala in the United States since 1973, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 172 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 2000s alone account for 53%.
By decade
In 2001, its biggest year
Jala was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2001 were Emily, Madison, Hannah, Ashley and Alexis. See all of 2001.
Names that rose and fell with Jala
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mekenziepeak 2000
- Yulisapeak 1997
- Madisenpeak 2000
- Tamiapeak 2004
- Jalynpeak 2003
- Gissellpeak 2000
- Alexyspeak 2001
- Destinypeak 2000
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.