Lani — #1909 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lani

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,241 babies named Lani between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lani currently holds the #1909 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 143 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lani performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Lani shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,534 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Hawaii and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Lani in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lani 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 7,241 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.