Girls' name · since 2006
Jaelani
Jaelani has 610 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,443 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,255 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 610
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jaelani currently ranks #2255 among girls' names in America, with 610 babies recorded since 2006.
Social Security Administration records show Jaelani recorded 610 times among girls since 2006, holding rank #2255 nationally today, ahead of 87% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #10,443 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,255 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 610 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaelani ranks #10,443 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,255 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 610 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,443 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,255 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 610
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jaelani's 610 recorded births place it above 85.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Jaelani compares
610 Top 41% higher than 59% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jaelani's all-time total is 62% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaelani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 610 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 103 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jaelani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jaelani's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 83% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 17%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 103, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jaelani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 103
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Jaelani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (400 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Jaelani's strongest decade.
400 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Jaelani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 26
2000s
26 births
- 2010s
2010s
184 births
- 2020s
2020s
400 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 400 births (66% of all-time use).
How Jaelani compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jaelani's total volume
Jaelani by state
Where Jaelani concentrates geographically, total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 86 | 14.1% |
| #2 | California | | 52 | 8.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 47 | 7.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 30 | 4.9% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 11 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.8% |
86 of 610 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Jaelanis (86 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2006–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jaelani draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.