Naelani — #4527 US girls' name
268 babies named Naelani in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 74% of names given to girls today.
55% of everyone ever named Naelani was born in this single decade.
36 babies were named Naelani in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Naelani
The Social Security Administration has registered 268 babies named Naelani between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Naelani currently holds the #4527 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 36 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Naelani performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 148 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Naelani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Naelani in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Naelani 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 268 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.
Naelani at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Naelani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2007
- Peak year (2022)
- 36
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
Currently ranks #4527 among girls.
268 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 36 births in a single year.
Naelani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 148 births that decade — 55% of Naelani's all-time total
Naelani decade highlights
- Peak decade 148 births
- Runner-up 104 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Naelani's strongest decade
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Naelani by state
Where Naelani concentrates geographically — total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 4.1% |
| #2 | Arizona | | 5 | 1.9% |
11 of 268 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.1% of nationwide
- Arizona 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.1% 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, 2007–2024 (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.