Girls' name · since 2018
Nehlani
Nehlani has 111 recorded births since 2018 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,989 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,534 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 111
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nehlani is the #6534 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 111 recorded since 2018.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nehlani has been recorded 111 times among girls since 2018, currently ranked #6534 nationally and more common than 62% 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 2018 to 2025.
- #25,989 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,534 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 111 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nehlani ranks #25,989 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,534 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 111 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,989 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,534 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 111
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nehlani's 111 recorded births place it above 64.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nehlani compares
111 27th 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
Nehlani's all-time total is 70% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nehlani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 111 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nehlani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nehlani splits its recorded history at 2022: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2018 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nehlani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Nehlani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (96 births, 86% of the file).
2020s was Nehlani's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 86% of all-time use.
Nehlani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
- 2020s
2020s
96 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 96 births (86% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nehlani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2018–2025 (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 Nehlani 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.