Recorded 1971–2023 Girls' name Peak 1981 111 births

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.

1970s231980s341990s192000s102010s112020s14
1980s
Peak decade

31% of everyone ever named Uilani was born in this single decade.

1981
Single peak year

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 2023

Total births

111

Since 1971

53 years of records

Peak year

1981

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1971

Recorded for 53 years

Last year on file: 2023

Uilani popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1971

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (1981)
10
Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
4681012 2023201019981988198219771971 5

Uilani by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
34 births that decade — 31% of Uilani's all-time total
1970s231980s341990s192000s102010s112020s14

Uilani by state

Where Uilani concentrates geographically — total births since 1971

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Uilani
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Hawaii
59 53.2%
Hawaii share of Uilani's total US births 53.2%

59 of 111 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Uilani?
111 babies have been named Uilani since 1971. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 1981 with 10 births.
When was Uilani most popular?
Uilani was most popular in the 1980s decade with 34 total births. The single peak year was 1981.
Where is Uilani most popular?
The top states for the name Uilani are Hawaii (59 births).
How long has the name Uilani been used?
Uilani has been recorded in Social Security data since 1971, spanning 53 years of data through 2023.

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.