Jalen

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Primarily a boy's name · 97% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Jalen is both a surname and given name. The given name, as well as variants like Jaylen and Jaylin, rose in popularity in the 1990s due to the success of basketball player Jalen Rose. Notable people with the name include:

From Wikipedia

Jalen first appears in the data in 1992 and has been recorded in 33 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2005 with 84 babies (rank #313 that year). In 2024 it was given to 37 boys (rank #731). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Jalen

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jalen yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,093
Total babies (all years)
33
Years in the data
84
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199211#1,104
199323#692
199431#537
199519#836
199625#691
199713#1,063
199826#665
199923#722
200067#346
200159#379
200245#469
200348#455
200473#331
200584#313
200664#407
200737#645
200830#766
200929#801
201030#793
201127#845
201220#1,053
201318#1,142
201423#974
201513#1,436
201622#1,024
201717#1,244
201819#1,130
201913#1,521
202024#974
202128#895
202229#875
202332#794
202437#731