Mahlani Girl
How popular is Mahlani?
#3,211 girl name in 2025
49 baby girls were named Mahlani in the US in 2025, making it the 3211th most popular girl name.
Mahlani popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,211 for girls (▼ 281 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 49 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+600% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #13,001 in 2015, #3,221 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (70 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,517 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 2011 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mahlani counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Malani family of names ranked #289 for girls in 2025 (#274 the year before), with 1,139 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Malani | 822 | 72% |
| Maylani | 96 | 8% |
| Mailani | 85 | 7% |
| Mahlani | 49 | 4% |
| Malanie | 19 | 2% |
| Malahni | 20 | 2% |
| Malanni | 14 | 1% |
| Maylanie | 6 | 1% |
| Mailany | 23 | 2% |
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 Mahlani is most popular
Babies named Mahlani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Virginia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Mahlani by decade
Girl names about as popular as Mahlani
Questions
- Is Mahlani a boy or girl name?
- Mahlani is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mahlani were girls.
- How popular is the name Mahlani?
- 49 baby girls were named Mahlani in the US in 2025, making it the 3211th most popular girl name.
- When was Mahlani most popular?
- Mahlani peaked in 2023, when 70 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,517 in 2023.
- How many people are named Mahlani?
- 457 babies have been named Mahlani in the US since 1880. We estimate about 456 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Mahlani most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mahlani was most common in Mississippi, 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.