Unisex name · since 1992
Jalani
1,676 babies named Jalani in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,312 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,068 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,676
- born since 1992
- 2020s
- peak decade
1,676 babies have been named Jalani since 1992, making it today's #1068 unisex name.
Jalani has 1,676 recorded births among girls since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1068 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #5,312 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,068 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,676 born since 1992
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalani ranks #5,312 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,068 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,676 born since 1992, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,312 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,068 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,676
- born since 1992
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jalani's 1,676 recorded births place it above 92.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Jalani compares
1,676 Top 25% higher than 75% 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
Jalani's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jalani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,676 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 228 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jalani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jalani splits its recorded history at 2011: 90% of all births land in the more recent half, 10% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 228 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jalani popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 228
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Jalani popularity over time - boys
670 total births recorded since 1973 (Jalani as boys' name)
Jalani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,076 births, 64% of the file).
2020s was Jalani's strongest decade.
1,076 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Jalani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s 127
2000s
127 births
- 2010s
2010s
451 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,076 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,076 births (64% of all-time use).
How Jalani 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 Jalani's total volume
Jalani by state
Where Jalani concentrates geographically, total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 255 | 15.2% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 131 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 111 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 74 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 69 | 4.1% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 66 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 59 | 3.5% |
| #8 | South Carolina | | 50 | 3.0% |
255 of 1,676 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Jalani appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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- Florida records the most Jalanis (255 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jalani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~33 yrs)
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, 1992–2025 (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 Jalani 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.