Nahlani — #8309 US girls' name
148 babies named Nahlani in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 53% of names given to girls today.
59% of everyone ever named Nahlani was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Nahlani in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nahlani
The Social Security Administration has registered 148 babies named Nahlani between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nahlani currently holds the #8309 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nahlani performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nahlani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nahlani in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nahlani 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 148 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.
Nahlani at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Nahlani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2020)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #8309 among girls.
148 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 24 births in a single year.
Nahlani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 88 births that decade — 59% of Nahlani's all-time total
Nahlani decade highlights
- Peak decade 88 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Nahlani's strongest decade
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Nahlani by state
Where Nahlani concentrates geographically — total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 4.1% |
6 of 148 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 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, 2009–2024 (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.