Is Jalani a boy or girl name?

Jalani is a unisex name. Of the 2,346 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 71.4% were girls and 28.6% were boys. It changed hands in 2013, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Jalani

Recorded 1973–2025 · United States

Jalani was most popular in 2023, when 252 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,894 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,956, with 244 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,346 people named Jalani.

Jalani over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jalani’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jalani a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jalani is a unisex name — 71.4% of the 2,346 Americans given it were girls and 28.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 2013 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 87% girls and 13% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Jalani

Where Jalani is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org