Nani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAH-nee
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Nani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “beautiful, glory”. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Nani mean?
Hawaiian
“beautiful, glory”
Hawaiian word for beauty; Nani is Lilo's older sister in Disney's Lilo & Stitch.
Is Nani a girl's or a boy's name?
Nani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,098th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Nani, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1922.
2025 had fewer girls named Nani than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Nani in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
Names like Nani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nalani, Kailani, Kalani, Meilani, Kaylani, Kehlani, Noa, Alani, Naylani, Malani, Nailani, Noelani
Names related to Nani
More Hawaiian names
Kai, Leilani, Koa, Makai, Keanu, Koah, Kailany, Leilany, Laylani, Kaleo, Lani, Luana, Leylani, Lailani, Makoa, Nakoa
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, “Nani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nani, updated 20 October 2026.