Jahi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JAH-hee
- Origin
- Swahili
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Jahi is a boys' name of Swahili origin, meaning “dignity”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Jahi mean?
Swahili: from Arabic jah 'rank, prestige'
“dignity”
Is Jahi a girl's or a boy's name?
Jahi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jahi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Jahi, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had fewer boys named Jahi than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Jahi in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jahi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 26 | #3,438 |
| 2002 | 41 | #2,424 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 34 | #2,504 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,542 |
| 1996 | 28 | #2,674 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,341 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
Names like Jahi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avi, Rishi, Ravi, Armani, Javi, Aarav, Kavi, Dhruv, Viraj, Aj, Arjun, Navi
Names related to Jahi
More Swahili names
Zuri, Imani, Malaika, Emani, Jabari, Zhuri, Imara, Maisha, Asante, Imaani, Malaikah, Taraji, Xuri, Zuriyah, Johari, Simba
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jahi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jahi, updated 20 October 2026.