Dalani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- da-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #1,880 for girls
Dalani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,880th for girls in the US (104 babies).
What does Dalani mean?
Modern: blend of Da- and -lani
A modern name ending in -lani, modelled on Hawaiian names such as Kalani and Leilani.
Is Dalani a girl's or a boy's name?
Dalani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 104 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dalani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,880among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 104about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 179% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 104 girls in the US were named Dalani, making it the 1,880th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had the most girls named Dalani of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Dalani in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 109 girls in the US were given Dalani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,599, up from #1,880 for this spelling alone.
- Dalani 104
- Dalanie 5
Dalani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | #1,880 |
| 2024 | 84 | #2,231 |
| 2023 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2022 | 57 | #2,928 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Dalani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani Kaylani Malani Naylani Kailani Meilani Kalani Nailani Milani Alani Jaylani Ailany
Other spellings of Dalani
Names related to Dalani
Daylani Dailany Dailani Dehlani Deylani Daliana Deilani 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, “Dalani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dalani, updated 20 October 2026.