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Boy · Modern American coinage
Jalen
Say it: JAY-len
Meaning
A modern American coinage, perhaps blending Jay with Allen.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 2000s
In the United States
- 39,240 babies given this name since 1976
- At its height in 2000, about 1 in 559 boys
- 512 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jaylen, Jaylon, Jalon
Famous bearers
- Jalen Rose, basketball player
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.