# Alani (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alani/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,910 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 111 / 18,799 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 244, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 425 | 666 |
| 2012 | 496 | 588 |
| 2013 | 454 | 616 |
| 2014 | 474 | 613 |
| 2015 | 595 | 529 |
| 2016 | 637 | 488 |
| 2017 | 705 | 448 |
| 2018 | 912 | 347 |
| 2019 | 1,074 | 303 |
| 2020 | 1,320 | 221 |
| 2021 | 1,605 | 183 |
| 2022 | 1,700 | 173 |
| 2023 | 1,654 | 177 |
| 2024 | 1,703 | 178 |
| 2025 | 1,843 | 161 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | 12,111 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,426 |
| 2008 | 5 | 12,614 |
| 2010 | 7 | 9,723 |
| 2012 | 6 | 10,833 |
| 2013 | 6 | 10,780 |
| 2016 | 6 | 10,809 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8,875 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,229 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6,112 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,601 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,331 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,317 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9,936 |
| 2025 | 6 | 10,740 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,497 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 28 | 1,195 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 13 | 2,063 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 40 | 872 |

## People named Alani

- La La Anthony, American television personality

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.