Jehlani
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- jeh-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,831 for girls
Jehlani is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,831st for girls in the US (38 babies).
Where does Jehlani come from?
Modern: modern blend with -lani, perhaps from Jalani
Is Jehlani a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Jehlani has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 38 girls in the US.
How popular is Jehlani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,831st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38 about 1 in 42,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the US were named Jehlani, making it the 3,831st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 2016.
Half of all the girls named Jehlani in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 115 girls in the US were given Jehlani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,538, up from #3,831 for this spelling alone.
- Jelani 67
- Jehlani 38
- Jelany 10
In 2024, 66% of the babies named Jehlani in the US were girls.
Jehlani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,831 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 44 | #3,535 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,933 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
Names like Jehlani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kaylani, Malani, Kailani, Naylani, Nailani, Meilani, Kalani, Ilani, Xylani, Xolani, Nalani
Other spellings of Jehlani
Names related to Jehlani
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Jehlani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jehlani, updated 20 October 2026.