Daelani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- day-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Daelani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
Where does Daelani come from?
Modern: modern blend with -lani, as in Kailani
Is Daelani a girl's or a boy's name?
Daelani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Daelani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,986th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 294% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Daelani, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. It first appears in the records in 2012.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Daelani of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Daelani in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 217 girls in the US were given Daelani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,008, up from #4,986 for this spelling alone.
Daelani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
Names like Daelani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kaylani, Malani, Naylani, Ailany, Nailani, Meilani, Jaylani, Kailani, Kylani, Xolani, Ahlani
Other spellings of Daelani
Names related to Daelani
More Modern names
Jayden, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Daelani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/daelani, updated 20 October 2026.