Malani

#374 for girls in 2025, 822 births · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2024 · 943 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,112
since 1977

Malani over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Malani has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2022#397790#12,3305
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First appearance
1977

The first year at least five girls were named Malani! It came in at #8,444, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1978–1986, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Malani is popular in 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedMNIllinois: #467 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,141 girlsILWisconsin: #421 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,855 girlsWIMichigan: #905 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,031 girlsMINew York: #565 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 2,796 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedIAIndiana: #1,047 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,944 girlsINOhio: #890 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,102 girlsOHPennsylvania: #512 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,395 girlsPANew Jersey: #442 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,996 girlsNJConnecticut: #511 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,313 girlsCTCalifornia: #951 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 5,921 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedNEMissouri: #833 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,416 girlsMOKentucky: #647 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,957 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedWVVirginia: #708 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,595 girlsVAMaryland: #787 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,892 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedDEArizona: #690 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,265 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #509 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,369 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #658 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,947 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #728 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,130 girlsOKLouisiana: #579 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,448 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedMSAlabama: #690 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,118 girlsALGeorgia: #479 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,103 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Malani, so not publishedHITexas: #1,076 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 6,622 girlsTXFlorida: #447 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 2,075 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#421 · 1 in 1,855
  2. New Jersey#442 · 1 in 1,996
  3. Florida#447 · 1 in 2,075
  4. Illinois#467 · 1 in 2,141
  5. Georgia#479 · 1 in 2,103

Best ever in a state: #63 in Louisiana, 2025.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#421121 in 1,855
New Jersey#442181 in 1,996
Florida#447411 in 2,075
Illinois#467251 in 2,141
Georgia#479221 in 2,103
North Carolina#509191 in 2,369
Connecticut#51151 in 2,313
Pennsylvania#512211 in 2,395
New York#565311 in 2,796
Louisiana#57981 in 2,448
Kentucky#64761 in 2,957
South Carolina#65861 in 2,947
Alabama#69061 in 3,118
Arizona#69091 in 3,265
Virginia#708101 in 3,595
Oklahoma#72851 in 3,130
Maryland#78761 in 3,892
Missouri#83361 in 4,416
Ohio#890101 in 5,102
Michigan#90581 in 5,031
California#951321 in 5,921
Indiana#1,04751 in 5,944
Texas#1,076241 in 6,622
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See more about Malani
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 44 spots since 2024 (#330 → #374)
  • 120 spots since 2020 (#494 → #374)
  • 873 spots since 2015 (#1,247 → #374)
  • Biggest jump: 268 spots in 2017 (#1,188 → #920)
  • Biggest drop: 44 spots in 2025 (#330 → #374)
Rise & fade · girls
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 2024 at #330 (943 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,718
  • Highest: 1 in 1,718 girls born in 2024 were named Malani (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,955 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 67.4% of all girls named Malani (4,793) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s6#8,444 (1977)#8,444
1980s13#7,987 (1987)#9,199
1990s34#8,584 (1998)#11,795
2000s287#2,966 (2009)#5,960
2010s1,979#670 (2019)#1,520
2020s4,793#330 (2024)#394

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.

Malani in 2018

girls
#743
373 births · 1 in 4,561 girls

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #743Malani373
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 4,561 of them was named Malani, which outranked 95.9% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Malani
  1. #740Sariyah376
  2. #741Amani374
  3. #741Nala374
  4. #743Malani373
  5. #743Princess373
  6. #745Clarissa372
  7. #746Analia371
  8. #747Chana370

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 680Meghan#1,387 → #707
  2. ↑ 567Dior#1,360 → #793
  3. ↑ 367Palmer#1,042 → #675
  4. ↑ 361Adalee#1,217 → #856
  5. ↑ 346Oaklynn#888 → #542
Fallers
  1. ↓ 334Audrina#847 → #1,181
  2. ↓ 234Courtney#952 → #1,186
  3. ↓ 232Marjorie#938 → #1,170
  4. ↓ 228Anabelle#969 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 225Angelique#799 → #1,024

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2018 →