Jaylani — #614 US girls' name
3,184 babies named Jaylani in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to girls today.
61% of everyone ever named Jaylani was born in this single decade.
496 babies were named Jaylani in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaylani
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,184 babies named Jaylani between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaylani currently holds the #614 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 496 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaylani performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,955 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jaylani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 440 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jaylani in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaylani 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 3,184 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.
Jaylani at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
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Jaylani popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2023)
- 496
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #614 among girls.
3,184 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 496 births in a single year.
Jaylani popularity over time — boys
89 total births recorded since 2008 (Jaylani as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jaylani accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jaylani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 1,955 births that decade — 61% of Jaylani's all-time total
Jaylani decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,955 births
- Runner-up 1,071 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Jaylani's strongest decade
1,955 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Jaylani by state
Where Jaylani concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 440 | 13.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 338 | 10.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 333 | 10.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 281 | 8.8% |
| #5 | New York | | 190 | 6.0% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 170 | 5.3% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 144 | 4.5% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 134 | 4.2% |
440 of 3,184 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.8% of nationwide
- Texas 10.6% of nationwide
- Florida 10.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 8.8% of nationwide
- New York 6.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 35 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jaylani appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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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, 2002–2024 (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.