unisex NAME · CURRENTLY #2156
Jelani
juh-LAH-nee
“mighty”
A Swahili given name used for all genders in contemporary naming.
SSA POPULARITY HISTORY
How Jelani has traveled through time
521975
771980
381985
871990
1271995
1562000
1172005
1092010
1062015
1302020
1342025
LATEST YEAR2025134 births
PEAK RANK#935in 1998
CURRENT USAGE50% F50% M
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.