Jalah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JAH-lah
Jalah is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Jalah come from?
Spelling of Jala; could be Sanskrit jala 'water', Arabic jala 'clarity', or a modern J- name
Meaning borrowed from Jala.
Is Jalah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jalah is a girls' name.
How popular is Jalah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 48 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Jalah in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jalah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 36 | #3,801 |
| 2002 | 41 | #3,330 |
| 2001 | 41 | #3,312 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,936 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
Names like Jalah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Hadassah, Jaliyah, Farah, Zaniyah, Zainab, Safa, Kaliyah, Zaira, Taliyah, Salma, Naziyah
Names related to Jalah
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, “Jalah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jalah, updated 20 October 2026.