Mulani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- moo-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,564 for girls
Mulani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,564th for girls in the US (68 babies).
Where does Mulani come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps Mulan with the -lani ending of names like Leilani
Is Mulani a girl's or a boy's name?
Mulani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 68 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mulani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,564th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 68 about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 172% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 68 girls in the US were named Mulani, making it the 2,564th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 74 girls. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the girls named Mulani in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 73 girls in the US were given Mulani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,087, up from #2,564 for this spelling alone.
- Mulani 68
- Mulanie 5
Mulani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | #2,564 |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,434 |
| 2023 | 54 | #3,047 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,593 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,881 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
Names like Mulani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Malani, Kaylani, Meilani, Naylani, Kailani, Nailani, Mailani, Kalani, Ilani, Kylani, Xolani
Names related to Mulani
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, “Mulani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mulani, updated 20 October 2026.