Jani
Jani was the #7,491 girls' name in the US in 2025 (14 babies).
Jani as a girl’s name
- US
- Canada
Show the numbers
| Year | US | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,491 (14) | — |
| 2024 | #7,251 (15) | — |
| 2022 | #7,631 (14) | — |
| 2021 | #6,414 (18) | — |
| 2020 | #9,546 (10) | — |
| 2019 | #9,736 (10) | — |
| 2018 | #13,793 (6) | — |
| 2017 | #9,943 (10) | — |
| 2016 | #5,445 (24) | — |
| 2015 | #16,419 (5) | — |
| 2014 | #9,517 (11) | — |
| 2013 | #11,000 (9) | — |
| 2012 | #8,208 (14) | — |
| 2011 | #8,614 (13) | — |
| 2010 | #7,217 (17) | — |
The tide so far
- Peaked in the US in 1960 at #1,301.
- Rising over the last five years.
- First recorded in the US in 1943.
- A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
- In 2019, 67% of US babies named Jani were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 110,000 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.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.
| Spelling | Where | Sex | Latest rank | Babies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jani | Canada | Girls | — | too few |
| Jani | England & Wales | Boys | — | too few |
| Jani | Northern Ireland | Girls | — | too few |
| Jani | US | Girls | #7,491 | 14 |
| Jani | US | Boys | — | too few |