Aolani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ow-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Aolani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “heavenly cloud”. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Aolani mean?
Hawaiian: from ao 'cloud, light' and lani 'heaven, sky'
“heavenly cloud”
Is Aolani a girl's or a boy's name?
Aolani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aolani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,098th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Aolani, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 54 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Aolani in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 144 girls in the US were given Aolani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,312, up from #5,098 for this spelling alone.
- Aulani 119
- Aolani 25
Aolani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 44 | #3,571 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | 54 | #3,168 |
| 2006 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2005 | 33 | #4,191 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 44 | #3,287 |
| 2002 | 40 | #3,390 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,440 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
Names like Aolani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kailani, Kalani, Nalani, Alani, Meilani, Kaylani, Malani, Kehlani, Milani, Kaelani, Noa, Noelani
Other spellings of Aolani
Names related to Aolani
More Hawaiian names
Kai, Leilani, Koa, Makai, Keanu, Koah, Kailany, Leilany, Laylani, Kaleo, Lani, Luana, Leylani, Lailani, Makoa, Nakoa
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, “Aolani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aolani, updated 20 October 2026.