Girls' name · since 1946
Nalani
7,954 babies named Nalani in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,921 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #414 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,954
- born since 1946
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nalani is the #414 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 7,954 recorded since 1946.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nalani has been recorded 7,954 times among girls since 1946, currently ranked #414 nationally and more common than 98% 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 1946 to 2025.
- #1,921 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #414 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,954 born since 1946
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nalani ranks #1,921 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #414 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,954 born since 1946, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,921 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #414 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,954
- born since 1946
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nalani's 7,954 recorded births place it above 97.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
36 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Nalani compares
7,954 Top 11% higher than 89% of 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
Nalani's all-time total is 21x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nalani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,954 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 754 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nalani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nalani splits its recorded history at 1988: 95% of all births land in the more recent half, 5% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1953 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 754 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nalani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 754
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Nalani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (3,381 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Nalani's strongest decade.
3,381 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Nalani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 15
1940s
15 births
- 1950s 53
1950s
53 births
- 1960s 59
1960s
59 births
- 1970s 125
1970s
125 births
- 1980s 157
1980s
157 births
- 1990s 319
1990s
319 births
- 2000s 1,199
2000s
1,199 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,646 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,381 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 3,381 births (43% of all-time use).
How Nalani compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Nalani's total volume
Nalani by state
Where Nalani concentrates geographically, total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,059 | 13.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 723 | 9.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 572 | 7.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 439 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 350 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 283 | 3.6% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 263 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 251 | 3.2% |
1,059 of 7,954 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Nalani appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Nalanis (1,059 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Nalani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~79 yrs)
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, 1946–2025 (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 Nalani 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.