Nahlani

Gender: Girl
Say it: nah-LAH-nee
Origin: Hawaiian
US rank, 2025: #5,553 for girls

Nahlani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “the heavens”. In 2025 it ranked 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).

What does Nahlani mean?

Hawaiian: probably a respelling of Nalani

“the heavens”

Nalani joins Hawaiian na, a plural 'the', with lani 'sky, heaven'.

Is Nahlani a girl's or a boy's name?

Nahlani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Nahlani in the US?

Rank in 2025: 5,553rd among girls
Babies in 2025: 22 about 1 in 73,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steady up 6% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Nahlani, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.

2025 had more girls named Nahlani than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Nahlani in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

2009Busiest: 24 in 20202025

Nahlani in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	22	#5,553
2024	13	#7,962
2023	19	#6,164
2022	16	#6,979
2021	16	#6,962
2020	24	#5,165
2019	19	#6,172
2018	8	#11,422
2017	9	#10,685
2016	5	#16,210
2015	6	#14,477
2014	0	–
2013	0	–
2012	6	#14,956
2011	0	–
2010	0	–
2009	7	#13,698