Is Jalon a boy or girl name?

Jalon is a boy’s name. Of the 2,542 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 2.9% were girls and 97.1% were boys.

Jalon

Recorded 1970–2025 · United States

Jalon was most popular in 2001, when 183 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,984 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,947, with 21 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,542 people named Jalon.

Jalon over time

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

Is Jalon a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jalon is a boy’s name — 2.9% of the 2,542 Americans given it were girls and 97.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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 Jalon

Where Jalon 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