Jala
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JAH-lah
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Jala is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Jala come from?
Could be Sanskrit jala 'water', Arabic jala 'clarity', or a modern J- name
Is Jala a girl's or a boy's name?
Jala is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jala in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Jala, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 172 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Jala in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 47 | #3,418 |
| 2011 | 54 | #3,091 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,202 |
| 2009 | 59 | #2,939 |
| 2008 | 61 | #2,886 |
| 2007 | 84 | #2,293 |
| 2006 | 97 | #2,031 |
| 2005 | 96 | #1,982 |
| 2004 | 103 | #1,834 |
| 2003 | 132 | #1,476 |
| 2002 | 139 | #1,385 |
| 2001 | 172 | #1,186 |
| 2000 | 141 | #1,333 |
| 1999 | 152 | #1,236 |
| 1998 | 112 | #1,506 |
| 1997 | 76 | #1,911 |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,279 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,927 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Names like Jala
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Salma Safa Zaira Aaliyah Amira Samira Ayla Zainab Hafsa Hiba Huda Summer
Names related to Jala
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, “Jala: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jala, updated 20 October 2026.