Total births
24
Girls' name · since 2022
Valani
24 babies named Valani in U.S. Social Security records since 2022, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10246
- among girls today
- 24
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 42%
- more common than other girls
24 babies have been named Valani since 2022, making it today's #10246 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valani has been recorded 24 times among girls since 2022, currently ranked #10246 nationally and more common than 42% 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 2022 to 2025.
- #10246 among girls today
- 24 born since 2022
- 2020s peak decade
- 42% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Valani is currently the #10246 girls' name in America, more common than 42% of girls - 24 born since 2022, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10246
- among girls today
- 24
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 42%
- more common than other girls
Valani vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#10246
of 17,726 girls in use
More common than 42% of names given to girls today.
2020s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Valani was born in this single decade.
2024
Single peak year
10 babies were named Valani in 2024 - its busiest year on record.
How Valani compares
24 8th percentile among 17,726 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
Valani's all-time total is 94% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Valani | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 24 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 48 | 19,840 |
Valani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Valani's full recorded timeline at 2024, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2022, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Valani at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2024
Current rank
#10,246
Active since
2022
Valani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Valani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Valani's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Valani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 24 births (100% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Valani? ▼
Valani has been given to 24 babies in the U.S. since 2022, according to SSA data. Among girls, it ranks #10246 as of the latest data. 10 babies were born in 2024, its single highest year.
When was Valani most popular? ▼
Valani was most popular in the 2020s decade with 24 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
How long has the name Valani been used? ▼
Records for Valani go back to 2022, giving 4 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Valani? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Valerie, Valeria, Valentina, Valarie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Valani
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 2022–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Valani: #10246 Girls' Name - 24 Births, Peak 2024." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/valani. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Valani 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 June 2026.