Jelani*
#1,607 most common boys' name of all time · #3,898 across all names · 83% male / 17% female · used 1973–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,607
Rank overall
#3,898 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
5,660
Since 2016
1,531
Peak year
2023 #1,406
Best rank
#938 1998
Girls
Boys
peak 218/yr
Jelani first appears in 1973. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | 67 | 134 | #2,156 |
| 2024 | 88 | 94 | 182 | #1,761 |
| 2023 | 87 | 131 | 218 | #1,406 |
| 2022 | 84 | 129 | 213 | #1,421 |
| 2021 | 52 | 102 | 154 | #1,640 |
| 2020 | 41 | 89 | 130 | #1,735 |
| 2019 | 40 | 90 | 130 | #1,744 |
| 2018 | 30 | 84 | 114 | #1,817 |
| 2017 | 34 | 100 | 134 | #1,609 |
| 2016 | 23 | 99 | 122 | #1,627 |
| 2015 | 16 | 90 | 106 | #1,724 |
| 2014 | 10 | 69 | 79 | #2,053 |
| 2013 | 10 | 80 | 90 | #1,806 |
| 2012 | 13 | 87 | 100 | #1,735 |
| 2011 | 13 | 110 | 123 | #1,483 |
| 2010 | 9 | 100 | 109 | #1,581 |
| 2009 | 14 | 103 | 117 | #1,577 |
| 2008 | 13 | 99 | 112 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 13 | 84 | 97 | #1,767 |
| 2006 | 13 | 114 | 127 | #1,400 |
| 2005 | 14 | 103 | 117 | #1,437 |
| 2004 | 12 | 128 | 140 | #1,201 |
| 2003 | 25 | 130 | 155 | #1,158 |
| 2002 | 15 | 133 | 148 | #1,103 |
| 2001 | 16 | 124 | 140 | #1,134 |
| 2000 | 13 | 143 | 156 | #1,026 |
| 1999 | 8 | 116 | 124 | #1,138 |
| 1998 | 22 | 151 | 173 | #938 |
| 1997 | 19 | 121 | 140 | #1,056 |
| 1996 | 25 | 113 | 138 | #1,077 |
| 1995 | 15 | 112 | 127 | #1,064 |
| 1994 | 11 | 102 | 113 | #1,125 |
| 1993 | 14 | 98 | 112 | #1,143 |
| 1992 | 12 | 96 | 108 | #1,128 |
| 1991 | 11 | 110 | 121 | #1,037 |
| 1990 | 5 | 82 | 87 | #1,214 |
| 1989 | 6 | 64 | 70 | #1,381 |
| 1988 | 6 | 64 | 70 | #1,295 |
| 1987 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,247 |
| 1986 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,690 |
| 1985 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,670 |
| 1984 | 6 | 58 | 64 | #1,212 |
| 1983 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,592 |
| 1982 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,192 |
| 1981 | 5 | 54 | 59 | #1,258 |
| 1980 | 6 | 71 | 77 | #1,078 |
| 1979 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,107 |
| 1978 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,133 |
| 1977 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,035 |
| 1976 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,162 |
| 1975 | 6 | 46 | 52 | #1,279 |
| 1974 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,134 |
| 1973 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,434 |