Jayni
The Story of Jayni
As a girl name
Jayni first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1956, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1988: 14 births, good for #5,598 nationwide. About 35% of every Jayni on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Jayni last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 173 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Jayni on the record books as a boy name in 1996, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1997, when 22 Jaynis were born — ranking #3,261 that year. Jayni last appeared in the published SSA data in 1997, with 22 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 30 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Jayni
Jayni is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1956 and has accumulated 173 births in the dataset. Jayni's peak popularity came in 1988 when it ranked #5,598. Use the chart and map above to compare Jayni'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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