Is Jaelen a boy or girl name?

Jaelen is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 1,626 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 13.4% were girls and 86.7% were boys.

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Jaelen

Recorded 1992–2025 · United States

Jaelen was most popular in 2001, when 115 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,752 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,631, with 19 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,626 people named Jaelen.

Jaelen over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jaelen’s peak in 2001. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jaelen a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jaelen is mostly a boy’s name — 13.4% of the 1,626 Americans given it were girls and 86.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 4% girls and 96% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Jaelen

Where Jaelen is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org