Girls' name · since 2017
Zalani
253 babies named Zalani in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,510 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,273 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 253
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zalani is the #2273 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 253 recorded since 2017.
Social Security Administration records show Zalani recorded 253 times among girls since 2017, holding rank #2273 nationally today, ahead of 87% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #17,510 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,273 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 253 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zalani ranks #17,510 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,273 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 253 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,510 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,273 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 253
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zalani's 253 recorded births place it above 75.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Zalani compares
253 41st 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
Zalani's all-time total is 33% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zalani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 253 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 81 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zalani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zalani's full recorded timeline at 2021, 86% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 14% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 81 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zalani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 81
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Zalani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (231 births, 91% of the file).
2020s was Zalani's strongest decade.
231 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 91% of all-time use.
Zalani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 22
2010s
22 births
- 2020s
2020s
231 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 231 births (91% 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 | | 18 | 7.1% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 11 | 4.3% |
| #3 | South Carolina | | 10 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 9 | 3.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 8 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 5 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 5 | 2.0% |
18 of 253 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Zalanis (18 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zalani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~8 yrs)
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, 2017–2025 (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 Zalani 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.