Jaylani
Jaylani was the 471st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 654 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,354 places. More babies were named Jaylani in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it jay-LAH-nee /dʒeɪˈlɑni/
- Rank in 2025
- #471 girls, up 551 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 654girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025654 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,939babies recorded
What does the name Jaylani mean?
Jaylani is a modern American name that appears in US records only from 2002. No dictionary we checked documents it. It looks like a blend of Jay- with the Hawaiian-sounding ending -lani (as in Leilani or Kailani, where lani means sky or heaven), but no source confirms that the name was formed that way. We therefore do not give it a meaning.
How sure is this? Not documented. No documented etymology; the '-lani' resemblance is an inference.
Related names: Jaylah, Leilani, Kailani.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'lani' (Hawaiian section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Nicknames for Jaylani
The usual nicknames for Jaylani are Lani. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Jaylani in the last five years, 22 were named Lani, against 2472 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lani · also for Naylani, Leylani, Leilani | Modern | #1,603 | 522 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Jaylanis go by each one.
Jaylani popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 96 since 2008, 7 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #471 | 654 |
| 2020 | #1,022 | 246 |
| 2010 | #2,739 | 65 |
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How popular is Jaylani, counting every spelling?
Jaylani is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #328 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #471 for Jaylani on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,007 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylani | 654 | #471 | 2,367 |
| Jailani | 113 | #1,785 | 413 |
| Jaelani | 82 | #2,246 | 367 |
| Jaylanie | 42 | #3,607 | 189 |
| Jaylanni | 27 | #4,926 | 114 |
| Jeilani | 21 | #5,808 | 112 |
| Jailany | 43 | #3,541 | 85 |
| Jeilany | 5 | #15,938 | 56 |
| Jaylany | 10 | #9,739 | 32 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Jaylani?
654 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jaylani (0.18 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Jaylani born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 13 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jaylani.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jaylani?
About 3,800 people born in the US named Jaylani are alive today, with a median age of 4; half are between 2 and 8. That makes Jaylani a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Jaylani by state
How common Jaylani was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Mexico (4.4×), Connecticut (2.4×), New Jersey (2.3×), Arizona (2.1×), Illinois (1.9×). In 17 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Jaylani: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jaylani, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Jaylani · Sibling names for Jaylani
Questions about the name Jaylani
How popular is the name Jaylani?
Jaylani was the 471st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 654 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,354 places. More babies were named Jaylani in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Jaylani a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Jaylani in the US.
Where is Jaylani most popular?
In 2021–2025, Jaylani was most common in New Mexico (1.27 per 1,000 girls), followed by Connecticut and New Jersey.