Lani Girl
How popular is Lani?
#1,592 girl name in 2025
131 baby girls were named Lani in the US in 2025, making it the 1592nd most popular girl name.
Lani popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,592 for girls (▲ 303 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 131 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+96% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,646 in 2015, #2,196 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1979 (143 girls) |
| Highest rank | #874 in 1947 |
| First recorded | 1917 |
| 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 |
Lani counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lainey family of names ranked #27 for girls in 2025 (#37 the year before), with 6,919 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lainey | 5,738 | 83% |
| Laney | 421 | 6% |
| Laynie | 172 | 2% |
| Lanie | 83 | 1% |
| Lani | 131 | 2% |
| Laynee | 121 | 2% |
| Lainee | 129 | 2% |
| Lainie | 52 | 1% |
| Layni | 25 | 0% |
| Layney | 10 | 0% |
| Lany | 19 | 0% |
| Laini | 10 | 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 Lani is most popular
Babies named Lani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (115 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (66 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- Indiana: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Lani by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1920s | 10 | #4,973 |
| 1930s | 31 | #2,021 |
| 1940s | 596 | #874 |
| 1950s | 894 | #920 |
| 1960s | 887 | #1,020 |
| 1970s | 911 | #953 |
| 1980s | 838 | #1,019 |
| 1990s | 691 | #1,653 |
| 2000s | 1,144 | #1,467 |
| 2010s | 762 | #2,167 |
| 2020s | 604 | #1,592 |
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Questions
- Is Lani a boy or girl name?
- Lani is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Lani were girls.
- How popular is the name Lani?
- 131 baby girls were named Lani in the US in 2025, making it the 1592nd most popular girl name.
- When was Lani most popular?
- Lani peaked in 1979, when 143 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #874 in 1947.
- How many people are named Lani?
- 7,556 babies have been named Lani in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,882 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 40.
- Where is Lani most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lani was most common in California, at 0.1 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.