Jalen
Pronounced JH EY1 L AE1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2000
- 49 years in use
- 14 spellings
How popular is Jalen?
Jalen is a boys' name, and first appears in 1976. It has been given to 105,853 children — the 297th most common boys' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 48% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2000, when 6,424 children were given it.
14 other spellings are counted in that total — Jaylen, Jaylin, Jaylan and 11 more — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Jalen and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Jaylen
- Jaylin
- Jaylan
- Jaylyn
- Jalin
- Jalyn
- Jaelen
- Jaelyn
- Jaelin
- Jaylynn
- Jalynn
- Jaelan
- Jaelynn
- Jaylinn
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- JH EY1 L AE1 N · JH EY1 L EH1 N · JH EY1 L IH1 N · Y AA1 L EH1 N · Y AA1 L IH1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 11 · 11 · 11 · 11 · 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Jalen
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Jalen
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Jalen?
- Jalen ranks 297th among boys' names in US records, with 105,853 births since 1976. Over the past decade it accounts for 19,323.
- Is Jalen a unisex name?
- No. Jalen is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Jalen most popular?
- 2000, when 6,424 children were given the name. It has been in use for 49 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Jalen spelled?
- Jaylen, Jaylin, Jaylan, Jaylyn, Jalin, Jalyn, Jaelen, Jaelyn, Jaelin, Jaylynn, Jalynn, Jaelan, Jaelynn, Jaylinn. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.