Jaleah
Feminine
Jaleah joins a Ja- front to Leah, and Leah is Jacob's first wife — whose name's meaning has been argued over for millennia.
How old is the name Jaleah?
Jaleah first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Jaleah alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 3,700 people named Jaleah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jaleah most popular?
Jaleah peaked in 2012, reaching #1055 nationally. Today it ranks #2485, 1,430 places below that high. See the whole 2012 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Leah to Jaleah
Our story of Jaleah
Our story of Jaleah is a story of a biblical name given an American front. Leah is Jacob's first wife, married to him by a trick in the dark, and the remark about her eyes has been argued over for two thousand years without resolution. American naming attached Ja-, Ka-, Na- and A- fronts to the sound through the 1990s — Jaleah, Kaleah, Analeah. Jaleah appears in that period, and only the back half has any ancestry at all.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
The -leah ending is likely the Hebrew Leah, generally read as 'weary' though the origin is debated. The Ja- front is a modern American sound. The compound is recent. Only the ending has even a contested origin.
How the name formed
- Leah
- Jaleah
Related forms: Jalea · Kaleah
Pronouncing Jaleah
juh-LEE-uh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Jaleah and Jalea are said identically.
Nicknames for Jaleah
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1987
- Most girls named
- 2012238 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1055reached in 2012
- Change vs 2024
- −16.5%71 in 2025, from 85
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jaleah in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Jalea in English — spelling variant
- Kaleah in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Texas, Georgia.
Jaleahs among us
people named Jaleah are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 22,638 born in 2025 was named Jaleah
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Janetta test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jaleah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Janetta climbed just as high around 1935, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Janetta's path sketches the road Jaleah is walking now.
Jaleah sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jaleah is headed
Jaleah is easing off slowly — about 17% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jaleah beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jaleah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Lea and Jay are two short forms, both with real records.
- Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- It belongs to a documented American naming family.
- Only the ending has any ancestry, and that is contested.
- Leah's own meaning is debated and not flattering.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jaleahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,700 people named Jaleah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jaleah in 2025?
- Jaleah ranks #2485 among US girl names in 2025, with 71 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jaleah?
- About 1 in every 22,638 US girls born in 2025 was named Jaleah — 71 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jaleah with classmates?
- Jaleah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Jaleah
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