Dalani Girl
How popular is Dalani?
#1,880 girl name in 2025
104 baby girls were named Dalani in the US in 2025, making it the 1880th most popular girl name.
Dalani popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,880 for girls (▲ 351 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 104 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+643% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #8,004 in 2015, #3,399 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (104 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,880 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 2000 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Dalani counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Dalani family of names ranked #646 for girls in 2025 (#815 the year before), with 417 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dalani | 104 | 25% |
| Daylani | 94 | 23% |
| Dailany | 112 | 27% |
| Dailani | 36 | 9% |
| Dalaney | 18 | 4% |
| Dalanie | 5 | 1% |
| Dahlani | 13 | 3% |
| Daylanie | 6 | 1% |
| Daylany | 14 | 3% |
| Dalainey | 6 | 1% |
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 Dalani is most popular
Babies named Dalani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.3 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
Dalani by decade
Girl names about as popular as Dalani
Questions
- Is Dalani a boy or girl name?
- Dalani is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Dalani were girls.
- How popular is the name Dalani?
- 104 baby girls were named Dalani in the US in 2025, making it the 1880th most popular girl name.
- When was Dalani most popular?
- Dalani peaked in 2025, when 104 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,880 in 2025.
- How many people are named Dalani?
- 687 babies have been named Dalani in the US since 1880. We estimate about 685 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Dalani most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Dalani was most common in Louisiana, at 0.3 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.