Girls' name · since 2015

Neylani

Neylani has 228 recorded births since 2015 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#18,505 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#3,163 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
228
born since 2015
2020s
peak decade

228 babies have been named Neylani since 2015, making it today's #3163 girls' name.

Neylani has 228 recorded births among girls since 2015, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3163 as of the latest data, more common than 82% 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 2015 to 2025.

  • #18,505 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #3,163 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 228 born since 2015
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neylani ranks #18,505 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,163 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 228 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.

#18,505 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#3,163 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
228
born since 2015
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%81.7%
Neylani vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Neylani's 228 recorded births place it above 74.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

3 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.

How Neylani compares

228 39th 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

Neylani's all-time total is 39% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Neylani Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 228 376 567,345
Peak-year births 68 21 19,840

Neylani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Neylani's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 83% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 17%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 68, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Neylani popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
68
Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
020406080 201520182019202020212022202320242025 51

Neylani by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (204 births, 89% of the file).

2020s was Neylani's strongest decade.

204 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 89% of all-time use.

Neylani births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 204 births (89% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Neylani by state

Where Neylani concentrates geographically, total births since 2015

Geographically diffuse
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Neylani
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
30 13.2%
#2 California
21 9.2%
#3 Illinois
5 2.2%
Texas share of Neylani's total US births 13.2%
Even split

30 of 228 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Neylani?
Since 2015, Social Security records show 228 babies named Neylani. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #18,505 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #3,163 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2024, with 68 births.
Where does Neylani sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neylani ranks #18,505 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,163 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Neylani most popular?
Neylani was most popular in the 2020s decade with 204 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
Where is Neylani most popular?
The top states for the name Neylani are Texas (30 births), California (21 births), Illinois (5 births).
How long has the name Neylani been used?
Neylani has been recorded in Social Security data since 2015, spanning 11 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Neylani?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Neysa, Neyda, Neyla, Neylan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Neylani's data

  • Texas records the most Neylanis (30 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Neylani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2015–2025 (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 Neylani 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.