Noelani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- noh-eh-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #1,833 for girls
Noelani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “heavenly mist”. In 2025 it ranked 1,833rd for girls in the US (109 babies).
What does Noelani mean?
Hawaiian: from Hawaiian noe and lani
“heavenly mist”
A traditional Hawaiian name from noe, 'mist', and lani, 'sky, heaven'.
Is Noelani a girl's or a boy's name?
Noelani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 109 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Noelani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,833rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 109 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 109 girls in the US were named Noelani, making it the 1,833rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,792nd. Its busiest year was 2006, with 146 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Noelani than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Noelani in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Noelani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 109 | #1,833 |
| 2024 | 125 | #1,648 |
| 2023 | 126 | #1,645 |
| 2022 | 137 | #1,556 |
| 2021 | 123 | #1,680 |
| 2020 | 110 | #1,792 |
| 2019 | 125 | #1,679 |
| 2018 | 117 | #1,748 |
| 2017 | 110 | #1,854 |
| 2016 | 89 | #2,168 |
| 2015 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2014 | 91 | #2,114 |
| 2013 | 111 | #1,824 |
| 2012 | 116 | #1,774 |
| 2011 | 128 | #1,661 |
| 2010 | 90 | #2,167 |
| 2009 | 100 | #2,041 |
| 2008 | 127 | #1,740 |
| 2007 | 131 | #1,679 |
| 2006 | 146 | #1,505 |
| 2005 | 138 | #1,508 |
| 2004 | 122 | #1,600 |
| 2003 | 116 | #1,651 |
| 2002 | 76 | #2,175 |
| 2001 | 73 | #2,207 |
| 2000 | 69 | #2,254 |
| 1999 | 62 | #2,365 |
| 1998 | 53 | #2,567 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,871 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,500 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,875 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,983 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,676 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1991 | 41 | #2,837 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,904 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,778 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,624 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
Nicknames for Noelani
- Lani 25 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Noelani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nalani, Kalani, Kailani, Meilani, Kaylani, Alani, Noa, Malani, Kehlani, Naylani, Nailani, Kaelani
Names related to Noelani
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, “Noelani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/noelani, updated 20 October 2026.