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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Lani 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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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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 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#215 · 1 in 739
- Washington#470 · 1 in 3,517
- California#556 · 1 in 4,317
- Michigan#847 · 1 in 12,347
- Pennsylvania#889 · 1 in 14,324
Best ever in a state: #58 in Hawaii, 1955.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #215 | 7 | 1 in 739 |
| Washington | #470 | 7 | 1 in 3,517 |
| California | #556 | 38 | 1 in 4,317 |
| Michigan | #847 | 6 | 1 in 12,347 |
| Pennsylvania | #889 | 6 | 1 in 14,324 |
| New York | #1,118 | 9 | 1 in 15,711 |
| Texas | #1,156 | 7 | 1 in 14,883 |
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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
- 303 spots since 2024 (#1,895 → #1,592)
- 604 spots since 2020 (#2,196 → #1,592)
- 1,054 spots since 2015 (#2,646 → #1,592)
- Biggest jump: 260 spots in 1979 (#1,255 → #995)
- Biggest drop: 234 spots in 1971 (#953 → #1,187)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1947 at #875 (101 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 49 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1945–1947
- 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
- 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.
Lani in 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 13,144 of them was named Lani, which outranked 89.8% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #949Josefina134
- #949Susannah134
- #949Tawanna134
- #953Lani133
- #953Leisa133
- #953Marti133
- #953Niki133
- #961Andra132
- #961Cristi132
- #961Glenna132
Tied with 7 names at #953; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 371,646 of them was named Lani, which outranked 13.0% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 709 names at #4,724; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.