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Jayani

Girl · jah-YAH-nee · Sanskrit

Jayani is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “victorious”. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).

What does Jayani mean?

Sanskrit: from Sanskrit jaya 'victory'

“victorious”

Built on Sanskrit jaya 'victory'; the name is familiar in India and Sri Lanka.

Say it
jah-YAH-nee

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

Jayani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls and 6 boys in the US.

How popular is Jayani in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 4 girls.

2006Busiest: 4 in 20072017
Jayani in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20174#4,967
20160–
20150–
20140–
20133#6,003
20120–
20114#4,980
20103#5,938
20093#5,801
20080–
20074#4,494
20063#5,259

How popular is Jayani in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,986among girls
Babies in 2025
26about 1 in 62,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 20% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Jayani, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002. 6 boys were also named Jayani in 2025 (10,690th for boys).

Half of all the girls named Jayani in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

2002Busiest: 46 in 20112025
Jayani in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202526#4,986
202422#5,612
202317#6,675
202227#4,904
202121#5,744
202018#6,321
201915#7,338
201821#5,781
201723#5,515
201617#6,898
201532#4,402
201429#4,766
201342#3,643
201242#3,710
201146#3,451
201024#5,600
200924#5,707
200818#7,069
200727#5,227
200616#7,480
200510#10,123
200411#9,259
20037#12,401
20026#13,589

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