Ailani — #327 US girls' name
6,084 babies named Ailani in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 98% of names given to girls today.
54% of everyone ever named Ailani was born in this single decade.
946 babies were named Ailani in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ailani
The Social Security Administration has registered 6,084 babies named Ailani between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ailani currently holds the #327 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 946 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ailani performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 3,268 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ailani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,266 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Ailani in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ailani in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 6,084 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ailani at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Ailani popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2024)
- 946
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #327 among girls.
6,084 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 946 births in a single year.
Ailani popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2024 (Ailani as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ailani accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ailani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 3,268 births that decade — 54% of Ailani's all-time total
Ailani decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,268 births
- Runner-up 2,039 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Ailani's strongest decade
3,268 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Ailani by state
Where Ailani concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,266 | 20.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,131 | 18.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 337 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 286 | 4.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 222 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 221 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 174 | 2.9% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 142 | 2.3% |
1,266 of 6,084 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 20.8% of nationwide
- Texas 18.6% of nationwide
- Florida 5.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.7% of nationwide
- New York 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 38 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 20.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Ailani appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.