Yalani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yah-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,295 for girls
Yalani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).
Where does Yalani come from?
Modern: modern -lani name in the style of Leilani
Is Yalani a girl's or a boy's name?
Yalani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yalani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,295among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 47about 1 in 34,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 232% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Yalani, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. It first appears in the records in 2002.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Yalani of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Yalani in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 55 girls in the US were given Yalani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,449, up from #3,295 for this spelling alone.
- Yalani 47
- Yalanni 8
Yalani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,295 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
Names like Yalani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani Kaylani Malani Naylani Kailani Meilani Nailani Kalani Ilani Alani Nalani Xolani
Names related to Yalani
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, “Yalani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yalani, updated 20 October 2026.