Nalani Girl
How popular is Nalani?
#414 girl name in 2025
754 baby girls were named Nalani in the US in 2025, making it the 414th most popular girl name.
Nalani popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #414 for girls (▲ 116 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 754 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+297% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,280 in 2015, #593 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (754 girls) |
| Highest rank | #414 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1946 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nalani counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nalani family of names ranked #258 for girls in 2025 (#392 the year before), with 1,322 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nalani | 754 | 57% |
| Naylani | 296 | 22% |
| Nailani | 134 | 10% |
| Nahlani | 22 | 2% |
| Nalanie | 17 | 1% |
| Nalany | 14 | 1% |
| Nailany | 51 | 4% |
| Nalahni | 8 | 1% |
| Naylanie | 9 | 1% |
| Nalanni | 7 | 1% |
| Naylany | 10 | 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 Nalani is most popular
Babies named Nalani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 1.7 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.9 per 1,000 (81 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.9 per 1,000 (76 girls)
- Georgia: 0.8 per 1,000 (189 girls)
- Nevada: 0.7 per 1,000 (34 girls)
Nalani by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 15 | #3,881 |
| 1950s | 53 | #3,660 |
| 1960s | 59 | #4,492 |
| 1970s | 125 | #2,881 |
| 1980s | 157 | #3,396 |
| 1990s | 319 | #2,255 |
| 2000s | 1,199 | #1,326 |
| 2010s | 2,646 | #640 |
| 2020s | 3,381 | #414 |
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Questions
- Is Nalani a boy or girl name?
- Nalani is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nalani were girls.
- How popular is the name Nalani?
- 754 baby girls were named Nalani in the US in 2025, making it the 414th most popular girl name.
- When was Nalani most popular?
- Nalani peaked in 2025, when 754 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #414 in 2025.
- How many people are named Nalani?
- 7,954 babies have been named Nalani in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,884 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Nalani most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nalani was most common in Hawaii, at 1.7 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.