Dalani — #2260 US girls' name
576 babies named Dalani in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 87% of names given to girls today.
58% of everyone ever named Dalani was born in this single decade.
88 babies were named Dalani in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dalani
The Social Security Administration has registered 576 babies named Dalani between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dalani currently holds the #2260 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 88 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dalani performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 335 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dalani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Dalani in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dalani 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 576 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.
Dalani at a glance
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Current rank
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Dalani popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2023)
- 88
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #2260 among girls.
576 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 88 births in a single year.
Dalani popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 2023 (Dalani as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Dalani accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dalani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 335 births that decade — 58% of Dalani's all-time total
Dalani decade highlights
- Peak decade 335 births
- Runner-up 163 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Dalani's strongest decade
335 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Dalani by state
Where Dalani concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 41 | 7.1% |
| #2 | Florida | | 38 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 20 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Texas | | 20 | 3.5% |
| #5 | California | | 11 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 6 | 1.0% |
41 of 576 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 7.1% of nationwide
- Florida 6.6% of nationwide
- Louisiana 3.5% of nationwide
- Texas 3.5% of nationwide
- California 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 7.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Dalani appears in 11 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, 2000–2024 (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.