How Many People Are Named Jelani?
people named Jelani are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 61,895 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,660 babies named Jelani in Social Security records from 1973 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
218 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "mighty" in Swahili.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jelani, 16.9% were girls and 83.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Jelani rose from 1.5% in the 1970s to 40.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jelani alive today is about 21 years old, and 72% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jelani first appears in the records in 1973 and was given most often in 2023, to 218 babies. In 2025, 134 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1973 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jelani has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #934, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #2,156. Among girls, its best rank was #2,160, in 2024.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,156 | #2,595 |
| Best rank | #934 (1998) | #2,160 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,309 in the 2000s | #2,525 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jelani alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jelani were born in New York than in any other state: about 842 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jelani was given 4.4 times as often in New York, 3.3 times in Georgia and 2.2 times in Florida.
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