Jalena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-LEE-nah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Jalena is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
Where does Jalena come from?
Modern: Ja- added to Lena, or from Jelena
Is Jalena a girl's or a boy's name?
Jalena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jalena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Jalena, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 54 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the girls named Jalena in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jalena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 45 | #3,560 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,644 |
| 2007 | 54 | #3,168 |
| 2006 | 39 | #3,853 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,208 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,994 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
Nicknames for Jalena
- Lena 185 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Jalena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jayla, Jimena, Amira, Camila, Amara, Sienna, Samara, Kiana, Alina, Amina, Janessa, Eliana
Names related to Jalena
Jayleen, Jaylene, Jalani, Jaelani, Jalyn, Jailene, Jalina, Jolena
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, “Jalena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jalena, updated 20 October 2026.