Marlani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mar-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Marlani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
Where does Marlani come from?
Modern: blend of Mar- names with the -lani ending of Leilani
Is Marlani a girl's or a boy's name?
Marlani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marlani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Marlani, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 2020.
Half of all the girls named Marlani in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marlani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
Names like Marlani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Malani, Naylani, Maelani, Nailani, Mulani, Mailani, Jaylani, Kaylani, Meilani, Mahlani, Ailany
Names related to Marlani
Marilyn, Marlene, Marlin, Marlena, Marlen, Marleny, Marlyn, Marelyn
More Modern names
Jayden, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Marlani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marlani, updated 20 October 2026.