Girls' name · since 2015
Jolani
103 babies named Jolani in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,787 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,788 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 103
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jolani currently ranks #8788 among girls' names in America, with 103 babies recorded since 2015.
Social Security Administration records show Jolani recorded 103 times among girls since 2015, holding rank #8788 nationally today, ahead of 49% 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 2015 to 2025.
- #26,787 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,788 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 103 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jolani ranks #26,787 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,788 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 103 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,787 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,788 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 103
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jolani's 103 recorded births place it above 62.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jolani compares
103 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
Jolani's all-time total is 73% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jolani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 103 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jolani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jolani's SSA record in two at 2020 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 2016, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jolani popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Jolani popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2023 (Jolani as boys' name)
Jolani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (65 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Jolani's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Jolani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
38 births
- 2020s
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 65 births (63% 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, 2015–2025 (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 Jolani 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.