Jaala
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JAY-a-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
Jaala is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “female ibex”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jaala mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
“female ibex”
Jaala appears in Ezra and Nehemiah as the ancestor of a family of Solomon's servants.
Is Jaala a girl's or a boy's name?
Jaala is a girls' name.
How popular is Jaala in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Jaala in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jaala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
Names like Jaala
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Jaala
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jaala: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jaala, updated 20 October 2026.