Ilani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,880 for girls
Ilani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 1,880th for girls in the US (104 babies).
Where does Ilani come from?
Modern: perhaps from Ilana, or modelled on Leilani
Is Ilani a girl's or a boy's name?
Ilani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 104 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ilani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Ilani, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2002, with 3 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Ilani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Ilani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,880among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 104about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 125% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 104 girls in the US were named Ilani, making it the 1,880th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,546th. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had the most girls named Ilani of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Ilani in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 131 girls in the US were given Ilani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,404, up from #1,880 for this spelling alone.
- Ilani 104
- Ilany 22
- Ilanie 5
Ilani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | #1,880 |
| 2024 | 93 | #2,067 |
| 2023 | 59 | #2,852 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,856 |
| 2021 | 49 | #3,250 |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,546 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,787 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Ilani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani Noa Kalani Alani Milani Elani Koa Layla Xyla Poppy Nala Kali
Other spellings of Ilani
Names related to Ilani
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Ilani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ilani, updated 20 October 2026.