Jalani

Jalani was the #1,065 girls' name in the US in 2025 (228 babies).

Jalani as a girl’s name

  • US
Jalani as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Jalani as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2025#1,065 (228)
2024#1,184 (202)
2023#1,089 (226)
2022#1,274 (188)
2021#1,544 (136)
2020#1,965 (96)
2019#1,898 (105)
2018#2,361 (77)
2017#2,903 (57)
2016#3,849 (39)
2015#3,842 (39)
2014#4,892 (28)
2013#6,017 (21)
2012#6,110 (21)
2011#3,350 (48)

Jalani as a boy’s name

  • US
Jalani as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020US
Jalani as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2025#5,608 (16)
2024#5,067 (19)
2023#4,112 (26)
2022#3,464 (33)
2021#5,776 (15)
2020#5,041 (18)
2019#4,951 (19)
2018#3,891 (27)
2017#5,297 (17)
2016#5,318 (17)
2015#4,080 (25)
2014#7,562 (10)
2013#5,659 (15)
2012#3,894 (26)
2011#4,822 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,065.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1992.
  • In 2025, 93% of US babies named Jalani were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 110,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jalani is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,500 to 1 in 7,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jalani by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #748ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: #373SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #241LAMississippi: #218MSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #509GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,190TXFlorida: #583FL
Jalani (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500