Jelani
#2,583 for girls in 2025, 67 births · #2,145 for boys in 2025, 67 births
Given to boys 83.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1998 · 151 births
- Debut · boys
- 36 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,718since 1973
Jelani over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,583 | 67 | #2,145 | 67 |
| 2024 | #2,150 | 88 | #1,752 | 94 |
| 2023 | #2,176 | 87 | #1,404 | 131 |
| 2022 | #2,228 | 84 | #1,421 | 129 |
| 2021 | #3,112 | 52 | #1,635 | 102 |
| 2020 | #3,607 | 41 | #1,731 | 89 |
| 2019 | #3,718 | 40 | #1,737 | 90 |
| 2018 | #4,562 | 30 | #1,809 | 84 |
| 2017 | #4,220 | 34 | #1,605 | 100 |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 | #1,618 | 99 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 | #1,717 | 90 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #2,044 | 69 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | #1,794 | 80 |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 | #1,729 | 87 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | #1,476 | 110 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | #1,574 | 100 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | #1,573 | 103 |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 | #1,594 | 99 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | #1,760 | 84 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #1,391 | 114 |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | #1,431 | 103 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | #1,196 | 128 |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 | #1,155 | 130 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #1,098 | 133 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | #1,129 | 124 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #1,021 | 143 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #1,130 | 116 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 | #931 | 151 |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 | #1,051 | 121 |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 | #1,071 | 113 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | #1,062 | 112 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #1,119 | 102 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | #1,138 | 98 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #1,119 | 96 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #1,030 | 110 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #1,201 | 82 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #1,374 | 64 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #1,286 | 64 |
| 1987 | — | #1,234 | 62 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,662 | 38 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,644 | 38 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #1,198 | 58 |
| 1983 | — | #1,562 | 38 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,179 | 61 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #1,246 | 54 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #1,070 | 71 |
| 1979 | — | #1,100 | 66 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,121 | 61 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,027 | 70 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,154 | 55 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #1,258 | 46 |
| 1974 | — | #1,124 | 53 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,400 | 36 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jelani! It came in at #1,400, and was given to 36 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1975, when fewer than 54 boys a year got the name.
Where Jelani is popular in 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#481 · 1 in 4,255
- New Jersey#637 · 1 in 6,870
- Illinois#822 · 1 in 9,956
- North Carolina#824 · 1 in 9,402
- California#874 · 1 in 12,926
Best ever in a state: #198 in District of Columbia, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #481 | 27 | 1 in 4,255 |
| New Jersey | #637 | 7 | 1 in 6,870 |
| Illinois | #822 | 8 | 1 in 9,956 |
| North Carolina | #824 | 5 | 1 in 9,402 |
| California | #874 | 19 | 1 in 12,926 |
| Florida | #977 | 7 | 1 in 12,268 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jelani
- 393 spots since 2024 (#1,752 → #2,145)
- 414 spots since 2020 (#1,731 → #2,145)
- 428 spots since 2015 (#1,717 → #2,145)
- Biggest jump: 120 spots in 1998 (#1,051 → #931)
- Biggest drop: 199 spots in 1999 (#931 → #1,130)
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 1998 at #931 (151 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1998
- Highest: 1 in 12,658 boys born in 1998 were named Jelani (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,494 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 24.6% of all boys named Jelani (1,161) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 387 | #1,027 (1977) | #1,169 |
| 1980s | 548 | #1,070 (1980) | #1,346 |
| 1990s | 1,101 | #931 (1998) | #1,085 |
| 2000s | 1,161 | #1,021 (2000) | #1,335 |
| 2010s | 909 | #1,476 (2011) | #1,710 |
| 2020s | 612 | #1,404 (2023) | #1,681 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jelani in 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 91,616 of them was named Jelani, which outranked 67.7% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,010Yamilette20
- #5,010Yelena20
- #5,010Yoselyn20
- #5,228Jelani19
- #5,228Adyson19
- #5,228Ahtziri19
- #5,228Alexcis19
- #5,417Aaleyah18
- #5,417Aaliah18
- #5,417Africa18
Tied with 188 names at #5,228; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 15,580 of them was named Jelani, which outranked 90.3% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,045Randolph122
- #1,045Ridge122
- #1,045Stetson122
- #1,051Jelani121
- #1,051Gideon121
- #1,051Hasan121
- #1,051Lionel121
- #1,058Jovany120
- #1,058Rey120
- #1,058Romello120
Tied with 6 names at #1,051; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.