Girls' name · since 2005
Neilani
Neilani has 294 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,083 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,891 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 294
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Neilani currently ranks #3891 among girls' names in America, with 294 babies recorded since 2005.
Neilani has 294 recorded births among girls since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3891 as of the latest data, more common than 78% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #16,083 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,891 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 294 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neilani ranks #16,083 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,891 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 294 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,083 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,891 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 294
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Neilani's 294 recorded births place it above 77.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Neilani compares
294 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
Neilani's all-time total is 22% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Neilani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 294 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 21 | 19,840 |
Neilani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Neilani's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 38, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Neilani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Neilani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (147 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Neilani's strongest decade.
147 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Neilani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 28
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
119 births
- 2020s
2020s
147 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 147 births (50% of all-time use).
Neilani by state
Where Neilani concentrates geographically, total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 15 | 5.1% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.7% |
15 of 294 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Neilanis (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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, 2005–2025 (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 Neilani 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.