Elani
#844 for girls in 2025, 322 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 322 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,485since 1986
Elani over time
Rank among girls' names. Elani has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #844 | 322 |
| 2024 | #995 | 260 |
| 2023 | #1,232 | 190 |
| 2022 | #1,132 | 216 |
| 2021 | #1,242 | 189 |
| 2020 | #1,318 | 167 |
| 2019 | #1,745 | 118 |
| 2018 | #1,915 | 104 |
| 2017 | #2,432 | 74 |
| 2016 | #2,502 | 72 |
| 2015 | #2,685 | 66 |
| 2014 | #2,969 | 57 |
| 2013 | #3,076 | 53 |
| 2012 | #3,644 | 43 |
| 2011 | #3,132 | 53 |
| 2010 | #3,044 | 55 |
| 2009 | #3,460 | 47 |
| 2008 | #4,268 | 36 |
| 2007 | #4,213 | 36 |
| 2006 | #4,463 | 32 |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 |
| 2004 | #4,287 | 32 |
| 2003 | #3,869 | 35 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 |
| 2001 | #4,321 | 28 |
| 2000 | #4,400 | 27 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 |
| 1992 | #3,866 | 27 |
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| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
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| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Elani! It came in at #10,912, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1986–1991, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Elani is popular in 2023
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#561 · 1 in 2,192
- Georgia#822 · 1 in 3,781
- Virginia#837 · 1 in 4,152
- Texas#875 · 1 in 4,633
- Illinois#878 · 1 in 4,455
Best ever in a state: #362 in Louisiana, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #561 | 8 | 1 in 2,192 |
| Georgia | #822 | 12 | 1 in 3,781 |
| Virginia | #837 | 8 | 1 in 4,152 |
| Texas | #875 | 35 | 1 in 4,633 |
| Illinois | #878 | 10 | 1 in 4,455 |
| Tennessee | #897 | 7 | 1 in 4,507 |
| Indiana | #913 | 6 | 1 in 4,638 |
| Arizona | #956 | 6 | 1 in 4,679 |
| North Carolina | #1,020 | 8 | 1 in 5,553 |
| Florida | #1,040 | 14 | 1 in 6,077 |
| California | #1,418 | 17 | 1 in 9,700 |
| New York | #1,519 | 8 | 1 in 9,719 |
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See more about Elani
- 151 spots since 2024 (#995 → #844)
- 474 spots since 2020 (#1,318 → #844)
- 1,841 spots since 2015 (#2,685 → #844)
- Biggest jump: 237 spots in 2024 (#1,232 → #995)
- Debuted 1986
- Peaked 2025 at #844 (322 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 2024–2025
- Highest: 1 in 4,992 girls born in 2025 were named Elani (0.02%)
- 54.1% of all girls named Elani (1,344) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #10,912 (1986) | #10,912 |
| 1990s | 121 | #3,866 (1992) | #7,561 |
| 2000s | 320 | #3,460 (2009) | #4,388 |
| 2010s | 695 | #1,745 (2019) | #2,714 |
| 2020s | 1,344 | #844 (2025) | #1,127 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Elani in 2023
Top girls' names in 2023
More about 2023
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1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 8,445 of them was named Elani, which outranked 93.0% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,229Erica191
- #1,229Kacey191
- #1,229Kassandra191
- #1,232Elani190
- #1,232Aida190
- #1,232Arizbeth190
- #1,232Haylee190
- #1,237Bernadette189
- #1,238Alba188
- #1,238Carson188
Tied with 4 names at #1,232; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.