How rare is the name Nalani?

3,764 people in the United States have the first name Nalani, about 1 in 80,242. It ranks #4,800 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

NALANI

#4,800

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,764
About
1 in 80,242
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,764 people named Nalani, 32.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 27.7% as Black and 17.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nalani peaked in 2025, when 754 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19462025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
754
In 2025*
754
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,954 babies have been given the name since 1946. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Nalani by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,065. The largest share of babies named Nalani, 67.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#10,03915
1950s#7,89353
1960s#8,42459
1970s#7,227125
1980s#7,473157
1990s#5,802319
2000s#2,9311,199
2010s#1,8302,646
2020s#1,0653,381
Baby boom 1946–641.2%
Generation X 1965–802.2%
Millennials 1981–964%
Generation Z 1997–1224.8%
2013 and later67.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Nalani is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nalani has been most common in Hawaii (11×), Nevada (3.2×), and Florida (2.6×), and least common in Missouri (0.31×).

6,330 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Nalani

1 other first name also has 3,764 people.

#4,800 Jozef · 3,764

Either side of Nalani

#4,799 Bodie · 3,767#4,800 Jozef · 3,764#4,802 Vi · 3,761#4,803 Sabra · 3,760

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nalani, most common first.

#6,858 Nalini · 2,291#35,138 Nalan · 230#36,633 Nalanie · 216

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