Ehlani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eh-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #1,229 for girls
Ehlani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,229th for girls in the US (183 babies).
Where does Ehlani come from?
Modern: modern US coinage, perhaps a respelling of Elani or modeled on Kehlani
Is Ehlani a girl's or a boy's name?
Ehlani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 183 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ehlani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,229th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 183 about 1 in 8,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 317% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 183 girls in the US were named Ehlani, making it the 1,229th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,792nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 241 girls. It first appears in the records in 2017.
Half of all the girls named Ehlani in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 666 girls in the US were given Ehlani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #473, up from #1,229 for this spelling alone.
Ehlani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 183 | #1,229 |
| 2024 | 160 | #1,398 |
| 2023 | 137 | #1,548 |
| 2022 | 186 | #1,284 |
| 2021 | 241 | #1,045 |
| 2020 | 110 | #1,792 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
Names like Ehlani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kaylani, Malani, Naylani, Meilani, Kailani, Nailani, Kalani, Xolani, Ilani, Nalani, Kylani
Other spellings of Ehlani
Names related to Ehlani
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Ehlani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ehlani, updated 20 October 2026.