Lani
- #1,592 for girls in 2025, 131 births
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Given to girls 97.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1947 · 101 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,373since 1917
Lani over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lani has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,592 | 131 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,895 | 105 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,033 | 96 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #1,992 | 98 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #2,071 | 92 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,196 | 82 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,249 | 81 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,438 | 73 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,338 | 78 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,343 | 80 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,646 | 67 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,497 | 72 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,439 | 74 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,548 | 71 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,416 | 76 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,167 | 90 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,076 | 98 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,122 | 95 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,784 | 120 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,664 | 127 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,479 | 142 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,520 | 132 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #1,625 | 118 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,468 | 130 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,833 | 96 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #1,952 | 86 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,095 | 73 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,164 | 66 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,820 | 43 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,714 | 45 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,028 | 67 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,167 | 62 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,776 | 82 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,688 | 89 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #1,877 | 75 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #1,657 | 89 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,834 | 72 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,891 | 65 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,812 | 64 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,770 | 65 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,536 | 79 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,684 | 65 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,475 | 78 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,317 | 95 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #1,172 | 113 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,019 | 142 | — | |
| 1979 | #995 | 143 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,255 | 98 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #1,576 | 68 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,355 | 79 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,381 | 76 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,364 | 76 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,478 | 64 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,303 | 78 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,187 | 96 | — | |
| 1970 | #953 | 133 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #1,129 | 96 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,090 | 95 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,020 | 102 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,161 | 84 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #1,463 | 57 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #1,198 | 85 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #1,271 | 75 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,167 | 88 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,095 | 100 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #1,047 | 105 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #1,079 | 97 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,045 | 100 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,083 | 93 | — | |
| 1956 | #988 | 106 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,112 | 80 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #921 | 109 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #1,040 | 86 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #1,156 | 67 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #1,038 | 80 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #1,053 | 76 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #1,104 | 67 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #1,015 | 74 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #875 | 101 | — | |
| 1946 | #979 | 73 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #925 | 67 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,017 | 59 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #1,367 | 36 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,278 | 39 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,133 | 43 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #1,203 | 37 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 | — | |
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| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | — | |
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| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | — | |
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| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1917
The first year at least five girls were named Lani! It came in at #4,594, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1937, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lani is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Indiana#815 · 1 in 3,987
- California#1,149 · 1 in 7,351
- Florida#1,170 · 1 in 7,230
- Texas#1,268 · 1 in 8,027
- Georgia#1,533 · 1 in 9,042
Best ever in a state: #58 in Hawaii, 1955.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #815 | 7 | 1 in 3,987 |
| California | #1,149 | 22 | 1 in 7,351 |
| Florida | #1,170 | 12 | 1 in 7,230 |
| Texas | #1,268 | 20 | 1 in 8,027 |
| Georgia | #1,533 | 5 | 1 in 9,042 |
| New York | #2,075 | 5 | 1 in 15,666 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lani
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 604 spots since 2020 (#2,196 → #1,592)
- Biggest jump: 260 spots in 1979
- Biggest drop: 234 spots in 1971
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1947 at #875 (101 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 49 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1945–1947
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,226
- Highest: 1 in 11,226 girls born in 1979 were named Lani (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,269 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #875 in 1947, was only 1 in 17,552 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 15.5% of all girls named Lani (1,144) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,594 (1917) | #4,594 |
| 1920s | 10 | #4,975 (1920) | #5,018 |
| 1930s | 31 | #2,021 (1938) | #2,073 |
| 1940s | 596 | #875 (1947) | #1,090 |
| 1950s | 894 | #921 (1954) | #1,052 |
| 1960s | 887 | #1,020 (1967) | #1,164 |
| 1970s | 911 | #953 (1970) | #1,285 |
| 1980s | 838 | #1,019 (1980) | #1,551 |
| 1990s | 691 | #1,657 (1990) | #2,099 |
| 2000s | 1,144 | #1,468 (2002) | #1,752 |
| 2010s | 762 | #2,167 (2010) | #2,408 |
| 2020s | 604 | #1,592 (2025) | #1,963 |
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.
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