Ilani — #2073 US girls' name
645 babies named Ilani in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Ilani was born in this single decade.
93 babies were named Ilani in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ilani
The Social Security Administration has registered 645 babies named Ilani between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ilani currently holds the #2073 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 93 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ilani performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 302 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ilani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 54 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Ilani in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ilani 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 645 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.
Ilani at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ilani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2024)
- 93
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #2073 among girls.
645 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 93 births in a single year.
Ilani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 302 births that decade — 47% of Ilani's all-time total
Ilani decade highlights
- Peak decade 302 births
- Runner-up 216 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Ilani's strongest decade
302 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Ilani by state
Where Ilani concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 54 | 8.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 53 | 8.2% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Washington | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #6 | New York | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.8% |
54 of 645 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.4% of nationwide
- Texas 8.2% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.9% of nationwide
- Washington 0.9% of nationwide
- Florida 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1997–2024 (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.