Zalani — #3262 US girls' name
171 babies named Zalani in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 82% of names given to girls today.
87% of everyone ever named Zalani was born in this single decade.
49 babies were named Zalani in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zalani
The Social Security Administration has registered 171 babies named Zalani between 2017 and 2024, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zalani currently holds the #3262 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 49 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zalani performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 149 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zalani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Zalani in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zalani 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 171 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.
Zalani at a glance
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Current rank
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Zalani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2017
- Peak year (2024)
- 49
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
Currently ranks #3262 among girls.
171 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 49 births in a single year.
Zalani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 149 births that decade — 87% of Zalani's all-time total
Zalani decade highlights
- Peak decade 149 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Zalani's strongest decade
149 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 87% of all-time use.
Zalani by state
Where Zalani concentrates geographically — total births since 2017
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 12 | 7.0% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 6 | 3.5% |
| #3 | South Carolina | | 5 | 2.9% |
12 of 171 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.0% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.5% of nationwide
- South Carolina 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 2017–2024 (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.