Girls' name · since 2002
Jaylani
Jaylani has 3,843 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,065 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #472 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,843
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jaylani is the #472 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 3,843 recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Jaylani recorded 3,843 times among girls since 2002, holding rank #472 nationally today, ahead of 97% 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 2002 to 2025.
- #3,065 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #472 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,843 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaylani ranks #3,065 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #472 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,843 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,065 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #472 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,843
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jaylani's 3,843 recorded births place it above 95.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
35 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jaylani compares
3,843 Top 16% higher than 84% 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
Jaylani's all-time total is 10x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaylani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,843 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 654 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jaylani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaylani's full recorded timeline at 2014, 89% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 11% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 654 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaylani popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 654
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Jaylani popularity over time - boys
96 total births recorded since 2008 (Jaylani as boys' name)
Jaylani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,613 births, 68% of the file).
2020s was Jaylani's strongest decade.
2,613 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Jaylani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 158
2000s
158 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,072 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,613 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,613 births (68% of all-time use).
How Jaylani 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 Jaylani's total volume
Jaylani by state
Where Jaylani concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 509 | 13.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 447 | 11.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 406 | 10.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 320 | 8.3% |
| #5 | New York | | 231 | 6.0% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 207 | 5.4% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 170 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 150 | 3.9% |
509 of 3,843 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Jaylani appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Jaylanis (509 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jaylani: 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 (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Jaylani 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.