Tolani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- toh-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Tolani is a girls' name of Yoruba origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
Where does Tolani come from?
Yoruba: Yoruba name, often a short form of a longer name
Is Tolani a girl's or a boy's name?
Tolani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tolani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Tolani, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Tolani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
Names like Tolani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tiaraoluwa, Oluwadarasimi, Chisimdi, Tiwatope, Oluwanifemi, Zinachimdi, Ireoluwa, Remi, Araoluwa, Imisioluwa, Eriifeoluwa, Morireoluwa
More Yoruba names
Ayomide, Tobi, Oluwatamilore, Inioluwa, Ifeoluwa, Iremide, Ayomikun, Morayo, Temiloluwa, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Oluwademilade, Anjolaoluwa, Tifeoluwa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tolani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tolani, updated 20 October 2026.