Aalani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LAH-nee
- US rank, 2025
- #2,822 for girls
Aalani is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,822nd for girls in the US (60 babies).
Where does Aalani come from?
Spelling of Alani; possibly Hawaiian, or a modern form of Alana
Meaning borrowed from Alani.
Is Aalani a girl's or a boy's name?
Aalani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 60 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aalani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,822among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 60about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were named Aalani, making it the 2,822nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had the most girls named Aalani of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Aalani in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,283 girls in the US were given Aalani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #154, up from #2,822 for this spelling alone.
Aalani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,822 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 36 | #4,045 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
Names like Aalani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani Kailani Kaylani Meilani Malani Kalani Naylani Nalani Aulani Xolani Nailani Ahlani
Other spellings of Aalani
Names related to Aalani
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aalani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aalani, updated 20 October 2026.