Nehlani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- neh-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Nehlani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Nehlani mean?
Modern: modern name in the style of Kehlani and Leilani
A modern name in the style of Kehlani and Leilani, using the Hawaiian-sounding ending -lani.
Is Nehlani a girl's or a boy's name?
Nehlani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nehlani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Nehlani, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 2018.
2025 had more girls named Nehlani than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Nehlani in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nehlani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
Nicknames for Nehlani
- Lani 25 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Nehlani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani Kaylani Nailani Naylani Malani Kailani Meilani Nalani Kalani Ilani Xylani Xolani
Names related to Nehlani
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, “Nehlani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nehlani, updated 20 October 2026.