How Many People Are Named Lani?
people named Lani are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 49,990 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,556 babies named Lani in Social Security records from 1917 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
143 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "sky, heaven, royal, majesty" in Hawaiian.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Lani, 98.1% were girls and 1.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1940s: 92.7% of the babies were girls then and 98.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lani alive today is about 39 years old, and 40% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 58 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lani first appears in the records in 1917 and was given most often in 1979, to 143 babies. In 2025, 131 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1917 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lani has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #876, in 1947. In 2025 it ranked #1,603.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,603 |
| Best rank | #876 (1947) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,745 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lani alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lani were born in California than in any other state: about 1,399 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lani was given 44 times as often in Hawaii, 3.8 times in California and 1.9 times in Louisiana.
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