Unisex name · since 2012
Jeylani
Jeylani has 101 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,005 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,828 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 101
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jeylani currently ranks #7828 among unisex names in America, with 101 babies recorded since 2012.
Social Security Administration records show Jeylani recorded 101 times among girls since 2012, holding rank #7828 nationally today, ahead of 55% 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 2012 to 2025.
- #27,005 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,828 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 101 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeylani ranks #27,005 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,828 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 101 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,005 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,828 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 101
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jeylani's 101 recorded births place it above 62.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jeylani compares
101 25th percentile among 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
Jeylani's all-time total is 73% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jeylani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 101 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jeylani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jeylani's full recorded timeline at 2021, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jeylani popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Jeylani popularity over time - boys
22 total births recorded since 2011 (Jeylani as boys' name)
Jeylani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (72 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Jeylani's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Jeylani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
29 births
- 2020s
2020s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 72 births (71% of all-time use).
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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, 2012–2025 (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 Jeylani 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.