Jaleen
Jaleen is a unisex given name, a variant of Jalen, which is an amalgamation of the names James and Leonard. Notable people with the given name include:Jaleen Roberts, American track and field athlete Jaleen Smith, American-born Croatian professional basketball player
Meaning & Origin of Jaleen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jaleen is a unisex given name, a variant of Jalen, which is an amalgamation of the names James and Leonard. Notable people with the given name include:Jaleen Roberts, American track and field athlete Jaleen Smith, American-born Croatian professional basketball player
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The Story of Jaleen
As a girl name
American parents first put Jaleen on the record books as a girl name in 1957, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2005, when 21 Jaleens were born — ranking #5,800 that year. About 45% of every Jaleen on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Jaleen last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 344 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Jaleen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1992, with 12 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2001: 42 births, good for #2,346 nationwide. About 52% of every Jaleen on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Jaleen last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 380 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jaleen
Jaleen is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 380 births in the dataset. Jaleen's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #2,346. Use the chart and map above to compare Jaleen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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