Jalaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,211 for girls
Jalaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,211th for girls in the US (49 babies).
Where does Jalaya come from?
Modern: Ja- prefix with -laya
Is Jalaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Jalaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 49 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jalaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,211th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 49 about 1 in 33,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were named Jalaya, making it the 3,211th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,078th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 112 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had fewer girls named Jalaya than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Jalaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 162 girls in the US were given Jalaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,217, up from #3,211 for this spelling alone.
- Jalayah 113
- Jalaya 49
Jalaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #3,211 |
| 2024 | 76 | #2,389 |
| 2023 | 52 | #3,140 |
| 2022 | 76 | #2,404 |
| 2021 | 71 | #2,484 |
| 2020 | 88 | #2,078 |
| 2019 | 85 | #2,170 |
| 2018 | 78 | #2,334 |
| 2017 | 68 | #2,573 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,560 |
| 2015 | 87 | #2,169 |
| 2014 | 88 | #2,154 |
| 2013 | 80 | #2,305 |
| 2012 | 110 | #1,831 |
| 2011 | 96 | #2,026 |
| 2010 | 112 | #1,818 |
| 2009 | 100 | #2,041 |
| 2008 | 80 | #2,397 |
| 2007 | 73 | #2,541 |
| 2006 | 70 | #2,579 |
| 2005 | 56 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,777 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
Names like Jalaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaliyah, Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Aaliyah, Janiyah, Amaya, Alaya, Kamiyah, Hadassah, Raya, Zaliyah, Araya
Other spellings of Jalaya
Names related to Jalaya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Jalaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jalaya, updated 20 October 2026.