Jani
Girl · JAY-nee · Hebrew
Jani is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Jani mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Janie; pet form of Jane
“God is gracious”
Janie Crawford is the heroine of Zora Neale Hurston's 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.
- Say it
- JAY-nee
Meaning borrowed from Janie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jani a girl's or a boy's name?
Jani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Jani, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1960, with 71 girls. It first appears in the records in 1943.
Half of all the girls named Jani in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 271 girls in the US were given Jani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #880, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
In 2004, 73% of the babies named Jani in the US were girls.
Jani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,266 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 28 | #2,565 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 |
| 1971 | 24 | #2,874 |
| 1970 | 27 | #2,647 |
| 1969 | 23 | #2,768 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,056 |
| 1967 | 27 | #2,327 |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,452 |
| 1965 | 29 | #2,204 |
| 1964 | 36 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,753 |
| 1962 | 54 | #1,524 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,696 |
| 1960 | 71 | #1,300 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,740 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,629 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,651 |
| 1956 | 54 | #1,436 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,838 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,948 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,430 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
Names like Jani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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