Jalil vs Jalisa
American parents have registered 6,200 Jalisas since 1880, against 2,915 Jalils. But in 2025 it was Jalil that was commoner, 29 babies to 27.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Jalil Jalisa
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 51 years in which either name was published, Jalisa for 27 years and Jalil for 24 years. The lead changed hands 12 times.
- 1974–1986 Jalil ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1987–2015 Jalisa ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 2016–2023 Jalil ahead
7 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Jalil | Jalisa | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,915 | 6,200 |
| Most in one year | 113 | 598 |
| Babies in 2025 | 29 | 27 |
| Estimated living today | 2,900 | 6,100 |
| Median age today | 21 | 32 |
| Peak year | 2000 | 1989 |
| Best rank | 1,196th boys | 418th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 3,757th | 4,878th |
| First recorded | 1974 | 1980 |
| Girls / boys | 5 / 2,910 | 6,194 / 6 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Jalisas alive today are over 32; half the Jalils are over 21. That is 11 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Jalil New Jersey (6.2×), Pennsylvania (3.3×), North Carolina (2.6×)
- Jalisa Mississippi (3.3×), Georgia (3.1×), Louisiana (2.4×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Jalil and Jalisa.