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Jahlani

Gender
Boy
Say it
jah-LAH-nee
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#3,329 for boys
US rank, 2025
#2,933 for girls

Jahlani is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 2,933rd for girls in the US (57 babies).

Where does Jahlani come from?

Modern: American blend of Jah and -lani

Is Jahlani a girl's or a boy's name?

Jahlani is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 57 girls and 27 boys in the US.

How popular is Jahlani in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,329th among boys
Babies in 2025
6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Jahlani, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.

2025 had the most boys named Jahlani of any year since it first appeared, in 2020.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.

2020Busiest: 6 in 20252025
Jahlani in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256#3,329
20240–
20230–
20220–
20214#4,188
20204#4,025

How popular is Jahlani in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,933rd among girls
Babies in 2025
57 about 1 in 28,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 116% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 57 girls in the US were named Jahlani, making it the 2,933rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. It first appears in the records in 2012. 27 boys were also named Jahlani in 2025 (3,948th for boys).

2025 had the most girls named Jahlani of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.

Half of all the girls named Jahlani in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 68% of the babies named Jahlani in the US were girls.

2012Busiest: 57 in 20252025
Jahlani in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202557#2,933
202452#3,081
202336#4,045
202242#3,651
202138#3,881
202034#4,077
201914#7,712
201819#6,244
201718#6,527
20165#16,210
20150–
20145#16,507
20130–
20126#14,956

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Jahlani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jahlani, updated 20 October 2026.