Spellings
Jaylani or Jailani?
In the US in 2025, 77% of babies in this name family were spelled Jaylani and 13% Jailani. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Jaylani already led in 2015, with 81% of the family's births; it has 77% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 141 to 849 births (×6).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylani | 114 | 654 | ×6 |
| Jailani | 11 | 113 | ×10 |
| Jaelani | 16 | 82 | ×5 |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /dʒeɪˈlɑni/ (jay-LAH-nee). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Jaylani 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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