Nailani Girl
How popular is Nailani?
#1,570 girl name in 2025
134 baby girls were named Nailani in the US in 2025, making it the 1570th most popular girl name.
Nailani popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,570 for girls (▲ 1406 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 134 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+1017% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #8,926 in 2015, #4,546 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (134 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,570 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 2006 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nailani counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nalani family of names ranked #258 for girls in 2025 (#392 the year before), with 1,322 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nalani | 754 | 57% |
| Naylani | 296 | 22% |
| Nailani | 134 | 10% |
| Nahlani | 22 | 2% |
| Nalanie | 17 | 1% |
| Nalany | 14 | 1% |
| Nailany | 51 | 4% |
| Nalahni | 8 | 1% |
| Naylanie | 9 | 1% |
| Nalanni | 7 | 1% |
| Naylany | 10 | 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 Nailani is most popular
Babies named Nailani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (20 girls)
Nailani by decade
Girl names about as popular as Nailani
Questions
- Is Nailani a boy or girl name?
- Nailani is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nailani were girls.
- How popular is the name Nailani?
- 134 baby girls were named Nailani in the US in 2025, making it the 1570th most popular girl name.
- When was Nailani most popular?
- Nailani peaked in 2025, when 134 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,570 in 2025.
- How many people are named Nailani?
- 500 babies have been named Nailani in the US since 1880. We estimate about 499 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 4.
- Where is Nailani most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nailani was most common in Maryland, at 0.0 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.