Mahlani

Q: Where does Mahlani come from?

Mahlani is a girls' name of Modern origin, modern name in a Hawaiian style, a spelling of Malani.

Gender: Girl
Say it: mah-LAH-nee
Origin: Modern
US rank, 2025: #3,211 for girls

Mahlani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,211th for girls in the US (49 babies).

Where does Mahlani come from?

Modern: modern name in a Hawaiian style, a spelling of Malani

Is Mahlani a girl's or a boy's name?

Mahlani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 49 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mahlani in the US?

Rank in 2025: 3,211th among girls
Babies in 2025: 49 about 1 in 33,000 girls
Five-year trend: Rising up 68% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 49 girls in the US were named Mahlani, making it the 3,211th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,221st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 70 girls. It first appears in the records in 2011.

2025 had fewer girls named Mahlani than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Mahlani in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

2011Busiest: 70 in 20232025

Mahlani in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	49	#3,211
2024	56	#2,930
2023	70	#2,517
2022	50	#3,219
2021	63	#2,715
2020	48	#3,221
2019	26	#5,039
2018	30	#4,560
2017	27	#4,920
2016	19	#6,398
2015	7	#13,001
2014	6	#14,552
2013	0	–
2012	0	–
2011	6	#14,816