Zolani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zoh-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,711 for girls
Zolani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
Where does Zolani come from?
Modern: blend of Zo- and -lani; also a Xhosa boys' name meaning 'be calm'
Is Zolani a girl's or a boy's name?
Zolani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zolani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,711th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 533% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Zolani, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. It first appears in the records in 2019.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Zolani of any year since it first appeared, in 2019.
Half of all the girls named Zolani in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 254 girls in the US were given Zolani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #924, up from #3,711 for this spelling alone.
- Xolani 209
- Zolani 40
- Xolany 5
Zolani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
Names like Zolani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kaylani, Malani, Naylani, Nailani, Kailani, Meilani, Kalani, Xylani, Ilani, Kylani, Ulani
Other spellings of Zolani
Names related to Zolani
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, “Zolani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zolani, updated 20 October 2026.