Mehlani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- meh-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Mehlani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
Where does Mehlani come from?
Modern: modern -lani name, perhaps a respelling of Melanie or a blend with Leilani
Is Mehlani a girl's or a boy's name?
Mehlani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mehlani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,171st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Mehlani, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,523rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 85 girls. It first appears in the records in 2016.
2025 had fewer girls named Mehlani than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Mehlani in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mehlani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 51 | #3,119 |
| 2023 | 85 | #2,210 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,756 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,848 |
| 2020 | 68 | #2,523 |
| 2019 | 48 | #3,271 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,000 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
Nicknames for Mehlani
- Lani 25 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Mehlani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Malani, Kaylani, Meilani, Kailani, Naylani, Nailani, Kalani, Mailani, Ilani, Nalani, Xylani
Names related to Mehlani
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, “Mehlani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mehlani, updated 20 October 2026.