Given name & surname
Jalen
“one who is calm; a healer”·“one who heals others; one who is tranquil”
Jalen is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “one who is calm; a healer” (American) and “one who heals others; one who is tranquil” (American). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who is calm; a healer” (American) and “one who heals others; one who is tranquil” (American). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jalen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 42,547
- 40,836 boys · 1,711 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 3,680 babies
- 2025
- 711
- #443 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +29%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 711 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 443 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 29.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 3,513 in 2000. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (84). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 33,290 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jalen’s family of names
Jalen has a related form in Jaylen. Jalen has a related form in Jaylin. Jalen has a related form in Jaylon.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 27
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jalen
- Jalen BrunsonAmerican basketball player (born 1996)
- Jalen GreenAmerican basketball player (born 2002)
- Jalen RoseAmerican basketball player (born 1973)
- Jalen WilliamsAmerican basketball player (born 2001)
- Jalen JohnsonAmerican basketball player (born December 2001)
- Jalen DurenAmerican basketball player (born 2003)
- Jalen HurtsAmerican football player (born 1998)
- Jalen SmithAmerican basketball player (born 2000)
- Jalen RamseyAmerican football player (born 1994)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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