Jaleah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-LEE-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,485 for girls
Jaleah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,485th for girls in the US (71 babies).
Where does Jaleah come from?
Modern: Ja- prefix with Leah
Is Jaleah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jaleah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 71 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jaleah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,485th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 71 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 71 girls in the US were named Jaleah, making it the 2,485th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,678th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 238 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Jaleah than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Jaleah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 85 girls in the US were given Jaleah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,892, up from #2,485 for this spelling alone.
Jaleah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71 | #2,485 |
| 2024 | 85 | #2,218 |
| 2023 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2022 | 110 | #1,844 |
| 2021 | 122 | #1,698 |
| 2020 | 122 | #1,678 |
| 2019 | 133 | #1,598 |
| 2018 | 150 | #1,461 |
| 2017 | 158 | #1,436 |
| 2016 | 159 | #1,446 |
| 2015 | 177 | #1,337 |
| 2014 | 222 | #1,132 |
| 2013 | 205 | #1,171 |
| 2012 | 238 | #1,055 |
| 2011 | 224 | #1,096 |
| 2010 | 215 | #1,136 |
| 2009 | 206 | #1,211 |
| 2008 | 170 | #1,395 |
| 2007 | 129 | #1,695 |
| 2006 | 129 | #1,639 |
| 2005 | 107 | #1,818 |
| 2004 | 103 | #1,834 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,882 |
| 2002 | 65 | #2,444 |
| 2001 | 43 | #3,194 |
| 2000 | 39 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,440 |
| 1998 | 41 | #3,065 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
Names like Jaleah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaliyah, Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Aaliyah, Zariah, Hadassah, Kamiyah, Jaziyah, Zaliyah, Janiyah, Aziyah, Alaiyah
Other spellings of Jaleah
Names related to Jaleah
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, “Jaleah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jaleah, updated 20 October 2026.