Girls' name · since 1951
Lalani
385 babies named Lalani in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,831 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,686 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 385
- born since 1951
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lalani currently ranks #4686 among girls' names in America, with 385 babies recorded since 1951.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lalani has been recorded 385 times among girls since 1951, currently ranked #4686 nationally and more common than 73% 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 1951 to 2025.
- #13,831 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,686 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 385 born since 1951
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lalani ranks #13,831 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,686 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 385 born since 1951, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,831 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,686 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 385
- born since 1951
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lalani's 385 recorded births place it above 80.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Lalani compares
385 Top 50% higher than 50% 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
Lalani's all-time total is 2% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lalani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 385 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lalani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lalani splits its recorded history at 2009: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1951 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 29 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lalani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Lalani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (134 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Lalani's strongest decade.
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Lalani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 21
1950s
21 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
70 births
- 2010s
2010s
128 births
- 2020s
2020s
134 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 134 births (35% of all-time use).
Lalani by state
Where Lalani concentrates geographically, total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 2.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.3% |
10 of 385 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Lalanis (10 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 Lalani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~74 yrs)
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, 1951–2025 (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 Lalani 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.