Jani Girl
How popular is Jani?
#7,489 girl name in 2025
14 baby girls were named Jani in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.
Jani popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #7,489 for girls (▼ 242 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 14 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+180% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #16,413 in 2015, #9,541 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1960 (71 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,300 in 1960 |
| First recorded | 1943 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 4% boys, 96% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jani counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Janie family of names ranked #815 for girls in 2025 (#857 the year before), with 293 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Janie | 168 | 57% |
| Janney | 23 | 8% |
| Janey | 44 | 15% |
| Jaynie | 8 | 3% |
| Jani | 14 | 5% |
| Jaynee | 6 | 2% |
| Jannie | 10 | 3% |
| Jahni | 6 | 2% |
| Janny | 8 | 3% |
| Janee | 6 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jani is most popular
Babies named Jani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Jani by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 57 | #2,849 |
| 1950s | 298 | #1,436 |
| 1960s | 370 | #1,300 |
| 1970s | 207 | #2,565 |
| 1980s | 134 | #4,161 |
| 1990s | 180 | #4,202 |
| 2000s | 223 | #4,810 |
| 2010s | 119 | #5,444 |
| 2020s | 71 | #6,409 |
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Questions
- Is Jani a boy or girl name?
- Jani is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 96% of babies named Jani were girls.
- How popular is the name Jani?
- 14 baby girls were named Jani in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.
- When was Jani most popular?
- Jani peaked in 1960, when 71 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,300 in 1960.
- How many people are named Jani?
- 1,743 babies have been named Jani in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,608 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 47.
- Where is Jani most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jani was most common in Florida, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.