Girls' name · since 2007
Nylani
515 babies named Nylani in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,629 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,075 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 515
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nylani is the #2075 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 515 recorded since 2007.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nylani has been recorded 515 times among girls since 2007, currently ranked #2075 nationally and more common than 88% 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 2007 to 2025.
- #11,629 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,075 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 515 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nylani ranks #11,629 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,075 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 515 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,629 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,075 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 515
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nylani's 515 recorded births place it above 83.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Nylani compares
515 Top 44% higher than 56% 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
Nylani's all-time total is 37% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nylani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 515 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 91 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nylani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nylani's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 88% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 12%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 91, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nylani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 91
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Nylani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (395 births, 77% of the file).
2020s was Nylani's strongest decade.
395 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Nylani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 115
2010s
115 births
- 2020s
2020s
395 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 395 births (77% of all-time use).
How Nylani 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 Nylani's total volume
Nylani by state
Where Nylani concentrates geographically, total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 28 | 5.4% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 25 | 4.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 23 | 4.5% |
| #4 | California | | 22 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Texas | | 22 | 4.3% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 13 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 12 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 6 | 1.2% |
28 of 515 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Nylani appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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- Florida records the most Nylanis (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida 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 Nylani: 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 (~18 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, 2007–2025 (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 Nylani 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.