Jalea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-LEE-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Jalea is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Jalea come from?
Modern: spelling of Jaleah; Ja- prefix with Leah
Meaning borrowed from Jaleah.
Is Jalea a girl's or a boy's name?
Jalea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jalea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Jalea, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had fewer girls named Jalea than any year since 1993.
Half of all the girls named Jalea in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 85 girls in the US were given Jalea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,892, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
Jalea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 36 | #4,119 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,049 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 37 | #3,872 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
Names like Jalea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jayla Jazlyn Jaliyah Kaliyah Zariah Camila Janiyah Journey Addison Jimena Galilea Isabella
Other spellings of Jalea
Names related to Jalea
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, “Jalea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jalea, updated 20 October 2026.