# Lani (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lani/  
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 | Hawaiian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,556 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 183 / 7,373 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 572, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian Lani.

## 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 | 76 | 2,429 |
| 2012 | 71 | 2,554 |
| 2013 | 74 | 2,451 |
| 2014 | 72 | 2,506 |
| 2015 | 67 | 2,673 |
| 2016 | 80 | 2,356 |
| 2017 | 78 | 2,349 |
| 2018 | 73 | 2,451 |
| 2019 | 81 | 2,262 |
| 2020 | 82 | 2,210 |
| 2021 | 92 | 2,082 |
| 2022 | 98 | 1,999 |
| 2023 | 96 | 2,042 |
| 2024 | 105 | 1,905 |
| 2025 | 131 | 1,603 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5 | 4,353 |
| 1961 | 11 | 2,633 |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,363 |
| 1965 | 5 | 4,219 |
| 1966 | 5 | 4,276 |
| 1970 | 5 | 5,126 |
| 1978 | 5 | 6,358 |
| 1982 | 6 | 6,072 |
| 1985 | 5 | 7,129 |
| 1991 | 6 | 7,837 |
| 1992 | 6 | 8,021 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,610 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10,789 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,704 |
| 2023 | 5 | 13,359 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 1,438 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,601 |
| 2016 | 14 | 2,008 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 22 | 1,436 |
| 2019 | 31 | 1,095 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,939 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,505 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,767 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,575 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,000 |
| 2025 | 25 | 1,271 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |

## People named Lani

- Lani Pallister, Australian swimmer
- Lani Misalucha, Filipino singer (born 1969)

## 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.