Jaylani

What Jaylani means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Jaylani yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,823 in 2015, #470 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Jaylani?

US: Rising: up from #1823 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 654 girls got the name (#470 that year). First in the US records in 2002.

How common

• About 1 in 2,458 baby girls in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (2.14 per 1,000 girls), NJ (1.04 per 1,000 girls), MS (0.9 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Jaylani is #470 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.9% of US babies named Jaylani were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jalani228 US
• Jailani113 US
• Jaelani82 US
• Jelani67 US
• Jahlani57 US
• Jailany43 US
• Jehlani38 US
• Jaloni33 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Jaylani

Girls

• Ruby#64Editor’s note Up from #83 in 2015 to #64 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 450 US girls in the 2025 records
• Luciana#273Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #273 vs #1,809 in 2025
• Violet#13From the word “violet”^*
• Lia#200Latin, meaning “cow”^*
• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Liliana#78Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*

For a brother

• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*
• Kash#286Editor’s note Up from #382 in 2015 to #286 in 2025 in the US
• Charlie#145Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #22 vs #145 in 2025
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US
• Ace#164Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #419 in 2015, #164 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Jaylani’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.