Lalani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- la-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #4,660 for girls
Lalani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
Where does Lalani come from?
Hawaiian: Hawaiian name; the element lani means 'sky, heaven'
Is Lalani a girl's or a boy's name?
Lalani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lalani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,660th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 92% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Lalani, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the girls named Lalani in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lalani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
Nicknames for Lalani
- Lani 25 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lalani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kailani, Kalani, Meilani, Nalani, Kehlani, Kaylani, Malani, Alani, Naylani, Nailani, Lelani, Xolani
Names related to Lalani
Leilani, Laylani, Leylani, Lailani, Lehlani, Layloni, Lailoni, Laelani
More Hawaiian names
Kai, Koa, Makai, Keanu, Koah, Kailany, Leilany, Kaleo, Lani, Luana, Makoa, Nakoa, Alakai, Kaelani, Noelani, Ohana
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, “Lalani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lalani, updated 20 October 2026.