girls:
227 births since 2016
#5489 (4th percentile)
boys:
93 births since 2000
#4493 (2nd percentile)
overall:
320 births since 2000
#7419 (4th percentile)
The name Jehlani is the #7,419 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 320 recorded births since 2000. This represents the 4.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,489 (3.9% percentile) for all time with 227 births since 2016. For boys, it ranks #4,493 (2.0% percentile) for all time with 93 births since 2000.
Jehlani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2000 (2000 for boys and 2016 for girls). Birth data for Jehlani is available in 9 out of the 24 years between 2000 and 2023 (9 years for boys and 8 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 Jehlani has been given predominantly to girls, with 70.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 71.4% of babies named Jehlani were girls. Interestingly, until around 2016, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 2000 to 2015), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (72.1% girls from 2016 to 2023).
For girls, Jehlani reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 4.1% percentile (ranked #919) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 25 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Jehlani ranks #917 for girls (3.2% percentile) with 20 births per million, which is 81.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jehlani reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #902) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jehlani ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 89.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jehlani".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Jehlani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.1% confident that Jehlani is pronounced as jeh-LAH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is juh-LAH-nee, at 12.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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