Ellani
Girl · eh-LAH-nee · Modern
Ellani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
Where does Ellani come from?
Modern: spelling of Elani; modern US coinage in the style of Leilani, or a variant of Alani
- Say it
- eh-LAH-nee
Meaning borrowed from Elani.
Is Ellani a girl's or a boy's name?
Ellani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ellani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Ellani, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
2025 had fewer girls named Ellani than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Ellani in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 666 girls in the US were given Ellani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #473, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
Ellani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
Names like Ellani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani Jaylani Malani Kaylani Naylani Emberly Ailany Elowyn Khaleesi Emberlynn Everly Meilani
Other spellings of Ellani
Names related to Ellani
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