Naelani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nay-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,831 for girls
Naelani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,831st for girls in the US (38 babies).
Where does Naelani come from?
Modern: modern -lani name in the style of Leilani
Is Naelani a girl's or a boy's name?
Naelani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naelani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,831st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38 about 1 in 42,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the US were named Naelani, making it the 3,831st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. It first appears in the records in 2007.
2025 had the most girls named Naelani of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Naelani in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 442 girls in the US were given Naelani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #654, up from #3,831 for this spelling alone.
Naelani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,831 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,471 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,039 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
Names like Naelani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kaylani, Nailani, Malani, Kailani, Nalani, Meilani, Kalani, Ilani, Alani, Kylani, Xolani
Other spellings of Naelani
Names related to Naelani
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, “Naelani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naelani, updated 20 October 2026.