How Many People Are Named Nalani?
people named Nalani are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 43,428 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,954 babies named Nalani in Social Security records from 1946 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
754 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "the heavens" or "the chiefs" from Hawaiian nā, a definite article, and lani "heaven, sky, chief".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nalani in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nalani alive today is about 11 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nalani first appears in the records in 1946, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 754 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1946 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nalani has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #414, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #414.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #414 |
| Best rank | #414 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #545 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nalani alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nalani were born in California than in any other state: about 1,051 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nalani was given 17.7 times as often in Hawaii, 1.6 times in Georgia and 1.5 times in Florida.
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