Uilani — girls' name
111 babies named Uilani in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Uilani was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Uilani in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Uilani
The Social Security Administration has registered 111 babies named Uilani between 1971 and 2023, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Uilani currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Uilani performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Uilani shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 59 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Uilani in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Uilani 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 111 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.
Uilani at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Uilani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1971
- Peak year (1981)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
111 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 10 births in a single year.
Uilani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 34 births that decade — 31% of Uilani's all-time total
Uilani decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Uilani's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Uilani by state
Where Uilani concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 59 | 53.2% |
59 of 111 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 53.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 53.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1971–2023 (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.