Jalia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jah-LEE-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Jalia is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Jalia come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Jaliyah or Julia
Is Jalia a girl's or a boy's name?
Jalia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jalia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Jalia, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 119 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
2025 had fewer girls named Jalia than any year since 1993.
Half of all the girls named Jalia in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jalia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,471 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,345 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 48 | #3,346 |
| 2014 | 49 | #3,270 |
| 2013 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2012 | 77 | #2,401 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,944 |
| 2010 | 75 | #2,476 |
| 2009 | 119 | #1,810 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,630 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,890 |
| 2006 | 81 | #2,328 |
| 2005 | 87 | #2,121 |
| 2004 | 67 | #2,500 |
| 2003 | 54 | #2,837 |
| 2002 | 44 | #3,192 |
| 2001 | 47 | #3,005 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,899 |
| 1999 | 41 | #3,145 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Jalia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah Aaliyah Zaniyah Zariah Amira Hadassah Janiyah Aliya Alaya Kamiyah Amaya Amia
Names related to Jalia
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, “Jalia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jalia, updated 20 October 2026.