# Nalani (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nalani/  
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 | /nəˈlɑni/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,954 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 7,954 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 123, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowing (or misspelling) from Hawaiian Nālani.

## 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 | 199 | 1,207 |
| 2012 | 223 | 1,117 |
| 2013 | 184 | 1,285 |
| 2014 | 166 | 1,389 |
| 2015 | 190 | 1,282 |
| 2016 | 269 | 988 |
| 2017 | 335 | 816 |
| 2018 | 413 | 706 |
| 2019 | 456 | 641 |
| 2020 | 491 | 593 |
| 2021 | 503 | 595 |
| 2022 | 549 | 557 |
| 2023 | 507 | 593 |
| 2024 | 577 | 531 |
| 2025 | 754 | 414 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,603 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## People named Nalani

- Agnes Lum, American actor, model and singer

## 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.