Jahlani — #4961 US boys' name
319 babies named Jahlani in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 65% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Jahlani was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Jahlani in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jahlani
The Social Security Administration has registered 319 babies named Jahlani between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jahlani currently holds the #4961 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 34 babies received it in a single year. Jahlani is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 269 additional births since 2012.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jahlani performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jahlani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Jahlani in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jahlani in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 319 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jahlani at a glance
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Current rank
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Jahlani popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2022)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #4961 among boys.
319 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 34 births in a single year.
Jahlani popularity over time — girls
269 total births recorded since 2012 (Jahlani as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Jahlani accounts for 46% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jahlani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 109 births that decade — 34% of Jahlani's all-time total
Jahlani decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 95 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jahlani's strongest decade
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Jahlani by state
Where Jahlani concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 3.4% |
| #2 | Florida | | 10 | 3.1% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.6% |
11 of 319 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.4% of nationwide
- Florida 3.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.