Nalani
- #414 for girls in 2025, 754 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 754 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,954since 1946
Nalani over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Nalani has never cracked the top 400 here.
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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 | #414 | 754 |
| 2024 | #530 | 577 |
| 2023 | #591 | 507 |
| 2022 | #554 | 549 |
| 2021 | #595 | 503 |
| 2020 | #593 | 491 |
| 2019 | #640 | 456 |
| 2018 | #706 | 413 |
| 2017 | #813 | 335 |
| 2016 | #987 | 269 |
| 2015 | #1,280 | 190 |
| 2014 | #1,387 | 166 |
| 2013 | #1,281 | 184 |
| 2012 | #1,111 | 223 |
| 2011 | #1,204 | 199 |
| 2010 | #1,153 | 211 |
| 2009 | #1,469 | 158 |
| 2008 | #1,642 | 137 |
| 2007 | #1,326 | 183 |
| 2006 | #1,581 | 136 |
| 2005 | #1,565 | 130 |
| 2004 | #1,498 | 134 |
| 2003 | #1,561 | 123 |
| 2002 | #2,046 | 84 |
| 2001 | #2,331 | 68 |
| 2000 | #3,020 | 46 |
| 1999 | #2,258 | 66 |
| 1998 | #2,846 | 46 |
| 1997 | #4,007 | 27 |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 |
| 1994 | #3,536 | 31 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 |
| 1990 | #3,523 | 30 |
| 1989 | #3,402 | 30 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 |
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| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
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| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 |
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| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
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| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 |
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First appearance
1946
The first year at least five girls were named Nalani! It came in at #3,994, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1947, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Nalani is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Hawaii#136 · 1 in 358
- South Carolina#228 · 1 in 871
- North Carolina#238 · 1 in 1,033
- Georgia#262 · 1 in 1,159
- Pennsylvania#277 · 1 in 1,197
Best ever in a state: #79 in Hawaii, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #136 | 6 | 1 in 358 |
| South Carolina | #228 | 21 | 1 in 871 |
| North Carolina | #238 | 45 | 1 in 1,033 |
| Georgia | #262 | 39 | 1 in 1,159 |
| Pennsylvania | #277 | 39 | 1 in 1,197 |
| Maryland | #283 | 18 | 1 in 1,110 |
| Oklahoma | #296 | 14 | 1 in 1,056 |
| Alabama | #297 | 16 | 1 in 1,145 |
| Illinois | #312 | 34 | 1 in 1,304 |
| Michigan | #316 | 28 | 1 in 1,276 |
| Texas | #368 | 93 | 1 in 1,726 |
| Louisiana | #369 | 12 | 1 in 1,364 |
| Florida | #375 | 49 | 1 in 1,771 |
| Mississippi | #384 | 7 | 1 in 1,271 |
| New Jersey | #390 | 20 | 1 in 1,775 |
| Connecticut | #393 | 7 | 1 in 1,643 |
| Ohio | #401 | 28 | 1 in 1,688 |
| Indiana | #418 | 16 | 1 in 1,744 |
| Tennessee | #432 | 18 | 1 in 1,782 |
| Nevada | #433 | 6 | 1 in 1,534 |
| New York | #442 | 39 | 1 in 2,008 |
| Wisconsin | #447 | 11 | 1 in 1,842 |
| Virginia | #465 | 17 | 1 in 1,985 |
| Arizona | #477 | 14 | 1 in 2,016 |
| California | #509 | 65 | 1 in 2,488 |
| Massachusetts | #519 | 10 | 1 in 2,403 |
| Oregon | #548 | 6 | 1 in 2,175 |
| Iowa | #565 | 5 | 1 in 2,354 |
| Minnesota | #597 | 8 | 1 in 2,685 |
| Washington | #617 | 10 | 1 in 2,886 |
| Colorado | #634 | 8 | 1 in 2,916 |
| Kentucky | #744 | 5 | 1 in 3,450 |
| Missouri | #811 | 6 | 1 in 4,050 |
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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 Nalani
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 179 spots since 2020 (#593 → #414)
- Biggest jump: 293 spots in 2016
- Biggest drop: 37 spots in 2023
Rise & fade · girls
79 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 2025 at #414 (754 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,132
- Highest: 1 in 2,132 girls born in 2025 were named Nalani (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 42.5% of all girls named Nalani (3,381) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 15 | #3,883 (1948) | #3,939 |
| 1950s | 53 | #3,662 (1950) | #4,982 |
| 1960s | 59 | #4,493 (1966) | #5,809 |
| 1970s | 125 | #2,881 (1975) | #5,164 |
| 1980s | 157 | #3,402 (1989) | #5,376 |
| 1990s | 319 | #2,258 (1999) | #3,754 |
| 2000s | 1,199 | #1,326 (2007) | #1,804 |
| 2010s | 2,646 | #640 (2019) | #1,056 |
| 2020s | 3,381 | #414 (2025) | #546 |
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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