Lanai
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-NY
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Lanai is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “veranda, porch”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Lanai mean?
Hawaiian: Hawaiian word lānai, also the island name Lānaʻi
“veranda, porch”
Lānaʻi is the sixth-largest Hawaiian island, and lānai is the Hawaiian word, also used in English, for a veranda.
Is Lanai a girl's or a boy's name?
Lanai is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lanai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Lanai, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the girls named Lanai in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lanai in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
Names like Lanai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kailani Kalani Nalani Meilani Noa Kaylani Alani Kehlani Malani Kai Lalani Lelani
Names related to Lanai
More Hawaiian names
Leilani Koa Makai Keanu Koah Kailany Leilany Laylani Kaleo Leylani Lailani Makoa Nakoa Alakai Kaelani Noelani
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, “Lanai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lanai, updated 20 October 2026.