Names / Boy names
Jalen
Current rank
#443
and rising
All-time peak
#106
in 2000
First recorded
1976
in U.S. data
Children named
42,500
since 1976
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #106 in 2000 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Jalen makes its debut in American naming records in 1976, where it reads as a boys' name. Today it sits at #443 and is trending upward. It topped out in 2000 at #106. Over 42,500 have carried it since records began.