girls:
1.2k births since 1992
#4478 (22nd percentile)
boys:
635 births since 1973
#3951 (14th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1973
#5881 (24th percentile)
The name Jalani is the #5,881 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,879 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 24.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,478 (21.6% percentile) for all time with 1,244 births since 1992. For boys, it ranks #3,951 (13.8% percentile) for all time with 635 births since 1973.
Jalani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for boys and 1992 for girls). Birth data for Jalani is available in 36 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023 (35 years for boys and 27 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jalani has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (66.2% of all recorded births). In 2023, 89.6% of babies named Jalani were girls. Interestingly, until around 2011, the name was more popular for boys (69.0% boys from 1973 to 2010), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (80.2% girls from 2011 to 2023).
For girls, Jalani reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 23.3% percentile (ranked #727) with 129 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 129 births per million (ranked 23.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Jalani is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #727 (23.3% percentile) with 129 births per million.
For boys, Jalani reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #787) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jalani ranks #890 for boys (2.3% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 80.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jalani".
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