# Jalen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jalen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 42,547 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 40,836 / 1,711 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 197, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 37 | 4,059 |
| 2011 | 25 | 5,438 |
| 2012 | 15 | 7,983 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,113 |
| 2014 | 20 | 6,297 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9,748 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9,686 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,283 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10,915 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,808 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,121 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9,858 |
| 2022 | 7 | 12,781 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9,897 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,161 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 707 | 401 |
| 2012 | 581 | 470 |
| 2013 | 544 | 501 |
| 2014 | 487 | 572 |
| 2015 | 468 | 590 |
| 2016 | 482 | 575 |
| 2017 | 451 | 599 |
| 2018 | 504 | 551 |
| 2019 | 539 | 531 |
| 2020 | 520 | 547 |
| 2021 | 568 | 517 |
| 2022 | 571 | 520 |
| 2023 | 726 | 429 |
| 2024 | 661 | 467 |
| 2025 | 711 | 443 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 14 | 1,798 |

## People named Jalen

- Jalen Brunson, American basketball player (born 1996)
- Jalen Green, American basketball player (born 2002)
- Jalen Rose, American basketball player (born 1973)
- Jalen Williams, American basketball player (born 2001)
- Jalen Johnson, American basketball player (born December 2001)
- Jalen Duren, American basketball player (born 2003)
- Jalen Smith, American basketball player (born 2000)
- Jalen Hurts, American football player (born 1998)
- Jalen Suggs, American basketball player (born 2001)
- Jalen Ramsey, American football player (born 1994)
- Jalen Pickett, American basketball player (born 1999)
- Jalen Harris, American basketball player (born 1998)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.