Girls' name · since 1999
Tolani
38 babies named Tolani in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,333 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,956 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
38 babies have been named Tolani since 1999, making it today's #13956 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tolani has been recorded 38 times among girls since 1999, currently ranked #13956 nationally and more common than 19% 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 1999 to 2025.
- #38,333 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,956 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 38 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tolani ranks #38,333 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,956 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 38 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #38,333 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,956 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Tolani's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Tolani compares
38 13th 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
Tolani's all-time total is 90% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tolani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 38 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tolani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tolani's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tolani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Tolani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (23 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Tolani's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Tolani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 23 births (61% of all-time use).
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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, 1999–2025 (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 Tolani 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.