Hanalei
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- hah-nah-LAY
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Hanalei is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Hanalei mean?
Hawaiian: Hawaiian place name
Hanalei is a bay, river and town on the north shore of Kauai, Hawaii.
Is Hanalei a girl's or a boy's name?
Hanalei is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hanalei in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Hanalei, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Hanalei in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hanalei in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
Names like Hanalei
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kailani Meilani Kalani Kehlani Nalani Kaylani Malani Milani Alani Ailany Naylani Jaylani
Names related to Hanalei
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, “Hanalei: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hanalei, updated 20 October 2026.