Girls' name · since 2000
Dalani
681 babies named Dalani in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,677 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,889 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 681
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
681 babies have been named Dalani since 2000, making it today's #1889 girls' name.
Dalani has 681 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1889 as of the latest data, more common than 89% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #9,677 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,889 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 681 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dalani ranks #9,677 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,889 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 681 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,677 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,889 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 681
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Dalani's 681 recorded births place it above 86.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Dalani compares
681 Top 39% higher than 61% 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
Dalani's all-time total is 81% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dalani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 681 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 104 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dalani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dalani's full recorded timeline at 2013, 84% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 16% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 104 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dalani popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 104
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Dalani popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2023 (Dalani as boys' name)
Dalani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (440 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Dalani's strongest decade.
440 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Dalani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 78
2000s
78 births
- 2010s 163
2010s
163 births
- 2020s
2020s
440 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 440 births (65% of all-time use).
How Dalani 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 Dalani's total volume
Dalani by state
Where Dalani concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 51 | 7.5% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 50 | 7.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 31 | 4.6% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 27 | 4.0% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 13 | 1.9% |
| #6 | California | | 11 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 11 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.5% |
51 of 681 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Dalani appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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- Florida records the most Dalanis (51 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida 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, 2000–2025 (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 Dalani 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.