Nalani
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #414 for girls
Nalani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 414th for girls in the US (754 babies).
What does Nalani mean?
Hawaiian
A female given name from Hawaiian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Nalani a girl's or a boy's name?
Nalani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 754 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nalani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Nalani, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nalani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Nalani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Nalani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 414th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 754 about 1 in 2,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 754 girls in the US were named Nalani, making it the 414th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 593rd. It first appears in the records in 1946.
2025 had the most girls named Nalani of any year since it first appeared, in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Nalani in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nalani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 754 | #414 |
| 2024 | 577 | #530 |
| 2023 | 507 | #591 |
| 2022 | 549 | #554 |
| 2021 | 503 | #595 |
| 2020 | 491 | #593 |
| 2019 | 456 | #640 |
| 2018 | 413 | #706 |
| 2017 | 335 | #813 |
| 2016 | 269 | #987 |
| 2015 | 190 | #1,280 |
| 2014 | 166 | #1,387 |
| 2013 | 184 | #1,281 |
| 2012 | 223 | #1,111 |
| 2011 | 199 | #1,204 |
| 2010 | 211 | #1,153 |
| 2009 | 158 | #1,469 |
| 2008 | 137 | #1,642 |
| 2007 | 183 | #1,326 |
| 2006 | 136 | #1,581 |
| 2005 | 130 | #1,565 |
| 2004 | 134 | #1,497 |
| 2003 | 123 | #1,560 |
| 2002 | 84 | #2,043 |
| 2001 | 68 | #2,327 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,016 |
| 1999 | 66 | #2,255 |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,843 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 31 | #3,531 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,930 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,396 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,881 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
Names like Nalani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa, Kalani, Kehlani, Alani, Milani, Layla, Koa, Elani, Xyla, Poppy, Lexi, Kali
Other spellings of Nalani
Names related to Nalani
Naylani, Noelani, Nailani, Neylani, Naelani, Neilani, Nahlani, Nehlani
More Hawaiian names
Kai, Leilani, Kailani, Makai, Keanu, Koah, Meilani, Kailany, Leilany, Laylani, Kaleo, Lani, Luana, Leylani, Lailani, Makoa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Nalani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nalani, updated 20 October 2026.