Nalani — #529 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nalani

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,194 babies named Nalani between 1946 and 2024, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nalani currently holds the #529 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 575 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nalani performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,646 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Nalani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 994 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Nalani in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nalani 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 7,194 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.