Ailani Girl
How popular is Ailani?
#168 girl name in 2025
1,807 baby girls were named Ailani in the US in 2025, making it the 168th most popular girl name.
Ailani popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #168 for girls (▲ 159 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,807 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+769% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,199 in 2015, #542 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,807 girls) |
| Highest rank | #168 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1996 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ailani counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alani family of names ranked #5 for girls in 2025 (#32 the year before), with 13,021 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alani | 1,843 | 14% |
| Ailany | 7,136 | 55% |
| Ailani | 1,807 | 14% |
| Aylani | 1,043 | 8% |
| Ahlani | 116 | 1% |
| Alanni | 98 | 1% |
| Alahni | 50 | 0% |
| Alany | 117 | 1% |
| Ailanny | 280 | 2% |
| Alanie | 52 | 0% |
| Aalani | 60 | 0% |
| Alanny | 38 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ailani is most popular
Babies named Ailani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 1.8 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- New Mexico: 1.7 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Nevada: 1.2 per 1,000 (54 girls)
- Texas: 1.1 per 1,000 (921 girls)
- Arizona: 1.1 per 1,000 (155 girls)
Ailani by decade
Girl names about as popular as Ailani
Questions
- Is Ailani a boy or girl name?
- Ailani is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ailani were girls.
- How popular is the name Ailani?
- 1,807 baby girls were named Ailani in the US in 2025, making it the 168th most popular girl name.
- When was Ailani most popular?
- Ailani peaked in 2025, when 1,807 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #168 in 2025.
- How many people are named Ailani?
- 7,905 babies have been named Ailani in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,878 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 4.
- Where is Ailani most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ailani was most common in Hawaii, at 1.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.