Girls' name · since 2007
Naelani
Naelani has 306 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,737 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,895 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 306
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
306 babies have been named Naelani since 2007, making it today's #3895 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naelani has been recorded 306 times among girls since 2007, currently ranked #3895 nationally and more common than 77% 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 2007 to 2025.
- #15,737 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,895 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 306 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naelani ranks #15,737 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,895 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 306 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,737 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,895 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 306
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Naelani's 306 recorded births place it above 78.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Naelani compares
306 45th percentile among 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
Naelani's all-time total is 19% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Naelani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 306 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 21 | 19,840 |
Naelani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Naelani's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 78% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 22%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 38, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Naelani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Naelani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (186 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Naelani's strongest decade.
186 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Naelani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
104 births
- 2020s
2020s
186 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 186 births (61% 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 | 3.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 8 | 2.6% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 5 | 1.6% |
11 of 306 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- California records the most Naelanis (11 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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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, 2007–2025 (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 Naelani 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.