Girls' name · since 2018

Jhelani

Jhelani has 48 recorded births since 2018 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

48
total births
2018–2025
years on record
2020s
peak decade
90%
born in that decade

Jhelani sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 48 recorded since 2018.

Jhelani has 48 recorded births among girls since 2018, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 2018 to 2025.

  • 48 total births
  • 2018–2025 years on record
  • 2020s peak decade
  • 90% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jhelani's 48 recorded births place it above 51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Jhelani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Jhelani's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Jhelani popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025

Last recorded 2025
Peak year (2025)
11
Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
4681012 201820202021202220232025 11

Jhelani by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

2020s was Jhelani's strongest decade.

43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 90% of all-time use.

Jhelani births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 43 births (90% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jhelani?
48 babies have been named Jhelani since 2018. It was last recorded in 2025. The peak year was 2025 with 11 births.
When was Jhelani most popular?
Jhelani was most popular in the 2020s decade with 43 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Jhelani been used?
The SSA has tracked Jhelani since 2018 -- 8 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Jhelani?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jhene, Jhersi, Jheri, Jhenesis, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of July 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, 2018–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Jhelani: Baby Name Since 2018 - 48 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jhelani. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Jhelani 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 July 2026.