Jahani
Jahani is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Abdul Bari Jahani, Afghan writer Milad Jahani, Iranian footballer Ghafour Jahani, Iranian football coach Khaled al-Johani, Saudi Arabian dissident Mohammed Al-Jahani, Saudi footballer Parviz Jahani, Kurdish writer Rahim Jahani, Afghan musician Sahar Jahani, American screenwriter
Meaning & Origin of Jahani
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jahani is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Abdul Bari Jahani, Afghan writer Milad Jahani, Iranian footballer Ghafour Jahani, Iranian football coach Khaled al-Johani, Saudi Arabian dissident Mohammed Al-Jahani, Saudi footballer Parviz Jahani, Kurdish writer Rahim Jahani, Afghan musician Sahar Jahani, American screenwriter
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The Story of Jahani
As a girl name
Jahani first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2017, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2024: 9 births, good for #10,241 nationwide. About 64% of every Jahani on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Jahani last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 14 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Jahani on the record books as a boy name in 2023, with 11 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2024, when 25 Jahanis were born — ranking #4,184 that year. Jahani last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 25 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 36 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2020s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Jahani
Jahani is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2023 and has accumulated 36 births in the dataset. Jahani's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #4,184. Use the chart and map above to compare Jahani's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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