Girls' name · since 2004
Aalani
357 babies named Aalani in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,487 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,857 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 357
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
357 babies have been named Aalani since 2004, making it today's #2857 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aalani has been recorded 357 times among girls since 2004, currently ranked #2857 nationally and more common than 83% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #14,487 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,857 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 357 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aalani ranks #14,487 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,857 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 357 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,487 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,857 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 357
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aalani's 357 recorded births place it above 79.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Aalani compares
357 48th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Aalani's all-time total is 5% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aalani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 357 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 60 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aalani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aalani's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 78% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 22%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 60, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aalani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 60
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Aalani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (233 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Aalani's strongest decade.
233 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Aalani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
119 births
- 2020s
2020s
233 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 233 births (65% of all-time use).
Aalani by state
Where Aalani concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 25 | 7.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 18 | 5.0% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 17 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 6 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.4% |
25 of 357 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- California records the most Aalanis (25 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2004–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aalani draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.