Palani — boys' name

What the Data Says About Palani

The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Palani between 1975 and 1994, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Palani currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Palani performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Palani shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Palani in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Palani 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 30 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.