# Jelani (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jelani/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,660 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,718 / 942 (17% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 136, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 8,857 |
| 2012 | 13 | 8,852 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,581 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,497 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7,421 |
| 2016 | 23 | 5,706 |
| 2017 | 34 | 4,258 |
| 2018 | 30 | 4,613 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3,749 |
| 2020 | 41 | 3,653 |
| 2021 | 52 | 3,135 |
| 2022 | 84 | 2,235 |
| 2023 | 87 | 2,186 |
| 2024 | 88 | 2,160 |
| 2025 | 67 | 2,595 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 110 | 1,479 |
| 2012 | 87 | 1,733 |
| 2013 | 80 | 1,803 |
| 2014 | 69 | 2,049 |
| 2015 | 90 | 1,725 |
| 2016 | 99 | 1,623 |
| 2017 | 100 | 1,607 |
| 2018 | 84 | 1,813 |
| 2019 | 90 | 1,740 |
| 2020 | 89 | 1,738 |
| 2021 | 102 | 1,639 |
| 2022 | 129 | 1,423 |
| 2023 | 131 | 1,405 |
| 2024 | 94 | 1,756 |
| 2025 | 67 | 2,156 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.