Recorded 1990–2019 Boys' name Peak 2005 222 births

Jobani — boys' name

222 babies named Jobani in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s912000s1032010s28
2000s
Peak decade

46% of everyone ever named Jobani was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

22 babies were named Jobani in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jobani

The Social Security Administration has registered 222 babies named Jobani between 1990 and 2019, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jobani currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jobani performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jobani shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jobani in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jobani 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 222 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.

Jobani at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

222

Since 1990

30 years of records

Peak year

2005

22 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1990

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 2019

Jobani popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1990

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2005)
22
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
0510152025 20192010200620031999199619931990 5

Jobani by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
103 births that decade — 46% of Jobani's all-time total
1990s912000s1032010s28

Jobani by state

Where Jobani concentrates geographically — total births since 1990

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Jobani
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
21 9.5%
California share of Jobani's total US births 9.5%

21 of 222 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jobani?
222 babies have been named Jobani since 1990. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2005 with 22 births.
When was Jobani most popular?
Jobani was most popular in the 2000s decade with 103 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
Where is Jobani most popular?
The top states for the name Jobani are California (21 births).
How long has the name Jobani been used?
Jobani has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 30 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Jobani?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Job, Jobe, Joby, Jobie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1990–2019 (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.