Nalini
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAH-lih-nee
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Nalini is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “lotus”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Nalini mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit nalini
“lotus”
Is Nalini a girl's or a boy's name?
Nalini is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nalini in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Nalini, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Nalini in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nalini in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Names like Nalini
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nalani, Kailani, Kalani, Kaylani, Alani, Avani, Meilani, Naylani, Malani, Kehlani, Milani, Nailani
Names related to Nalini
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
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, “Nalini: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nalini, updated 20 October 2026.