Jalani
#1,068 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Jalani has been given to 2,346 babies in the U.S. since 1992. In 2025 it ranked #1,068 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 228 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 71% girls, 29% boys all-time.
Babies named Jalani, 2025
1 in 14,500
Jalani over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Jalani over time
In 2025, Jalani went to 93% girls and 7% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Jalani?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 14,500
- 228 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 7,050
- 0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #1,068
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 10,080 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Jalani sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 10,080 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jalani. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Jalanis were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Jalani was born before 2022 — so the typical Jalani is around 3 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 64.2% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 98.2%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,676
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 64.2% of all recorded uses (1,076).
Is Jalani rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +116
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +901
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +2,808
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 5.85×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 100.0%
- Peak was 2025 (228)
- Years since peak
- Peaking now
- At its all-time high
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 35.3% average annual change
Spellings of Jalani
Jalani is not the most common spelling — Alana is, with 24.1% against Jalani's 0.59%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Jalani is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Jalani was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 2,703 girls, against 1 in 9,863 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Louisiana1 in 2,703
- 2Mississippi1 in 2,857
- 3Alabama1 in 3,226
- 4Georgia1 in 3,448
- 5South Carolina1 in 3,571
- 6Florida1 in 3,846
- 7North Carolina1 in 6,667
- 8Illinois1 in 7,143
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Jalani is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Jalani was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 555,307 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Georgia1 in —
- 3North Carolina1 in —
- 4New York1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jalani has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Jalani by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Jalani
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Jalani
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.