Jalayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #1,777 for girls
Jalayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,777th for girls in the US (113 babies).
Where does Jalayah come from?
Modern: Ja- prefix with -layah
Is Jalayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jalayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 113 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jalayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,777th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 113 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 113 girls in the US were named Jalayah, making it the 1,777th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,524th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 155 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Jalayah than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Jalayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 162 girls in the US were given Jalayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,217, up from #1,777 for this spelling alone.
- Jalayah 113
- Jalaya 49
Jalayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | #1,777 |
| 2024 | 115 | #1,753 |
| 2023 | 145 | #1,493 |
| 2022 | 155 | #1,443 |
| 2021 | 142 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 139 | #1,524 |
| 2019 | 140 | #1,540 |
| 2018 | 107 | #1,878 |
| 2017 | 99 | #1,989 |
| 2016 | 105 | #1,908 |
| 2015 | 117 | #1,778 |
| 2014 | 115 | #1,781 |
| 2013 | 125 | #1,684 |
| 2012 | 114 | #1,791 |
| 2011 | 92 | #2,088 |
| 2010 | 75 | #2,476 |
| 2009 | 68 | #2,671 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,644 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 41 | #3,733 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Jalayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Jaliyah, Zaliyah, Kaliyah, Hadassah, Aaliyah, Kamiyah, Aziyah, Alaiyah, Jaziyah, Naziyah, Zalayah
Other spellings of Jalayah
Names related to Jalayah
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, “Jalayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jalayah, updated 20 October 2026.