Neilani — #4269 US girls' name
256 babies named Neilani in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 76% of names given to girls today.
46% of everyone ever named Neilani was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Neilani in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Neilani
The Social Security Administration has registered 256 babies named Neilani between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Neilani currently holds the #4269 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Neilani performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Neilani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Neilani in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Neilani 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 256 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.
Neilani at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Neilani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2024)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #4269 among girls.
256 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 34 births in a single year.
Neilani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 119 births that decade — 46% of Neilani's all-time total
Neilani decade highlights
- Peak decade 119 births
- Runner-up 109 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Neilani's strongest decade
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% 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 | | 7 | 2.7% |
7 of 256 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.7% 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, 2005–2024 (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.