Elani Girl
How popular is Elani?
#844 girl name in 2025
322 baby girls were named Elani in the US in 2025, making it the 844th most popular girl name.
Elani popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #844 for girls (▲ 151 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 322 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+388% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,685 in 2015, #1,318 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (322 girls) |
| Highest rank | #844 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1986 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elani counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Elani family of names ranked #434 for girls in 2025 (#508 the year before), with 690 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Elani | 322 | 47% |
| Ehlani | 183 | 27% |
| Elanie | 54 | 8% |
| Ellanie | 24 | 3% |
| Elany | 34 | 5% |
| Ellani | 12 | 2% |
| Elahni | 15 | 2% |
| Ellany | 6 | 1% |
| Elanni | 9 | 1% |
| Elanny | 7 | 1% |
| Elainy | 6 | 1% |
| Elainey | 6 | 1% |
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 Elani is most popular
Babies named Elani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.4 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Georgia: 0.3 per 1,000 (68 girls)
- Illinois: 0.3 per 1,000 (62 girls)
- Texas: 0.3 per 1,000 (207 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (54 girls)
Elani by decade
Girl names about as popular as Elani
Questions
- Is Elani a boy or girl name?
- Elani is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elani were girls.
- How popular is the name Elani?
- 322 baby girls were named Elani in the US in 2025, making it the 844th most popular girl name.
- When was Elani most popular?
- Elani peaked in 2025, when 322 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #844 in 2025.
- How many people are named Elani?
- 2,485 babies have been named Elani in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,473 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Elani most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elani was most common in Louisiana, at 0.4 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.