Girls' name · since 1996
Ailani
7,899 babies named Ailani in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,929 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #168 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,899
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ailani currently ranks #168 among girls' names in America, with 7,899 babies recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ailani has been recorded 7,899 times among girls since 1996, currently ranked #168 nationally and more common than 99.0% 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 1996 to 2025.
- #1,929 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #168 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,899 born since 1996
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ailani ranks #1,929 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #168 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,899 born since 1996, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,929 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #168 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,899
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ailani's 7,899 recorded births place it above 97.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Ailani compares
7,899 Top 11% higher than 89% of 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
Ailani's all-time total is 21x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ailani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,899 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,807 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ailani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ailani's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 89% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 11%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 1,807, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ailani popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,807
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Ailani popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2024 (Ailani as boys' name)
Ailani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (5,081 births, 64% of the file).
2020s was Ailani's strongest decade.
5,081 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Ailani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 33
1990s
33 births
- 2000s 745
2000s
745 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,040 births
- 2020s
2020s
5,081 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 5,081 births (64% of all-time use).
How Ailani compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Ailani's total volume
Ailani by state
Where Ailani concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,608 | 20.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,446 | 18.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 441 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 360 | 4.6% |
| #5 | New York | | 326 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 277 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 257 | 3.3% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 196 | 2.5% |
1,608 of 7,899 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Ailani appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Ailanis (1,608 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Ailani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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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, 1996–2025 (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 Ailani 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.