Malahni
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Malahni is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
Where does Malahni come from?
Modern: spelling of Malani, a Hawaiian-sounding coinage
Is Malahni a girl's or a boy's name?
Malahni is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malahni in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Malahni, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 2013.
Half of all the girls named Malahni in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 886 girls in the US were given Malahni or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #372, up from #5,916 for this spelling alone.
Malahni in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
Names like Malahni
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani Kaylani Meilani Kailani Naylani Nailani Kalani Mailani Ilani Milani Mehlani Xolani
Other spellings of Malahni
Names related to Malahni
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Malahni: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malahni, updated 20 October 2026.