girls:
1.6k births since 1943
#4128 (28th percentile)
boys:
84 births since 1997
#4502 (2nd percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1943
#6036 (22nd percentile)
The name Jani is the #6,036 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,714 recorded births since 1943. This represents the 22.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,128 (27.8% percentile) for all time with 1,630 births since 1943. For boys, it ranks #4,502 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 84 births since 1997.
Jani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1943 (1943 for girls and 1997 for boys). Birth data for Jani is available in 80 out of the 80 years between 1943 and 2022 (80 years for girls and 12 years for boys). 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 Jani has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.1% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Jani reached its peak popularity in 1960, achieving the 8.6% percentile (ranked #705) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 1960, with 34 births per million (ranked 8.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
For boys, Jani reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #819) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2019.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jani".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Jani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 40.4% confident that Jani is pronounced as JAH-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAY-nee, at 21.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like JH AA1 N IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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