Jaleel vs Jalyn
American parents have registered 6,622 Jalyns since 1880, against 4,930 Jaleels. But in 2025 it was Jaleel that was commoner, 77 babies to 20.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Jaleel Jalyn
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 62 years in which either name was published, Jalyn for 34 years and Jaleel for 28 years. The lead changed hands 9 times.
Side by side
| Jaleel | Jalyn | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 4,930 | 6,622 |
| Most in one year | 255 | 463 |
| Babies in 2025 | 77 | 20 |
| Estimated living today | 4,800 | 6,500 |
| Median age today | 21 | 22 |
| Peak year | 1994 | 2003 |
| Best rank | 652nd boys | 721st girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 1,976th | 10,107th |
| First recorded | 1971 | 1955 |
| Girls / boys | 24 / 4,906 | 4,827 / 1,795 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Where each one is strongest
- Jaleel Maryland (3.2×), Georgia (2.9×), South Carolina (2.8×)
- Jalyn Louisiana (2.7×), Georgia (2.6×), Mississippi (2.4×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Jaleel and Jalyn.