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Baby name
Jelani
Girl Boy
17% girls / 83% boys
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Rising name
4,718births since 1880
1990sgeneration
No. 930rank at its peak, in 1998
Where babies named Jelani are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Jelani is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Jelani is most common in New York (4.3 times), Georgia (3.2) and Florida (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
Names from the same era
Rising name
942births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 2150rank at its peak, in 2024
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2% | 98% |
| 1980s | 5% | 95% |
| 1990s | 11% | 89% |
| 2000s | 11% | 89% |
| 2010s | 18% | 82% |
| 2020s | 41% | 59% |