Alani
#161 for girls in 2025, 1,843 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 99.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 1,843 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 18,799since 1978
Alani over time
Rank among girls' names. Alani has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #161 | 1,843 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #178 | 1,703 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #177 | 1,654 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #173 | 1,700 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #183 | 1,605 | — | |
| 2020 | #221 | 1,320 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #303 | 1,074 | #6,104 | 14 |
| 2018 | #347 | 912 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #448 | 705 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #488 | 637 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #529 | 595 | — | |
| 2014 | #613 | 474 | — | |
| 2013 | #616 | 454 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #588 | 496 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #666 | 425 | — | |
| 2010 | #717 | 394 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #755 | 376 | — | |
| 2008 | #918 | 298 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #873 | 320 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #942 | 278 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #920 | 270 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #1,025 | 227 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #984 | 234 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,404 | 137 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,516 | 123 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,558 | 114 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,975 | 79 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,429 | 57 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,328 | 57 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,476 | 51 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
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| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
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| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Alani! It came in at #9,750, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1978–1979, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Alani is popular in 2023
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#70 · 1 in 338
- Nevada#76 · 1 in 330
- Georgia#91 · 1 in 504
- Alabama#94 · 1 in 413
- Texas#104 · 1 in 598
Best ever in a state: #51 in Georgia, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #70 | 28 | 1 in 338 |
| Nevada | #76 | 27 | 1 in 330 |
| Georgia | #91 | 90 | 1 in 504 |
| Alabama | #94 | 45 | 1 in 413 |
| Texas | #104 | 271 | 1 in 598 |
| District of Columbia | #114 | 7 | 1 in 325 |
| Florida | #116 | 143 | 1 in 595 |
| Louisiana | #117 | 34 | 1 in 516 |
| South Carolina | #122 | 35 | 1 in 512 |
| Delaware | #124 | 6 | 1 in 366 |
| Illinois | #147 | 64 | 1 in 696 |
| California | #153 | 212 | 1 in 778 |
| North Carolina | #159 | 62 | 1 in 717 |
| Rhode Island | #172 | 5 | 1 in 479 |
| Virginia | #178 | 43 | 1 in 772 |
| Arkansas | #187 | 15 | 1 in 694 |
| New Jersey | #192 | 41 | 1 in 867 |
| New Mexico | #198 | 8 | 1 in 590 |
| Arizona | #205 | 33 | 1 in 851 |
| Oklahoma | #206 | 18 | 1 in 804 |
| Michigan | #220 | 37 | 1 in 953 |
| Massachusetts | #223 | 25 | 1 in 934 |
| Iowa | #227 | 15 | 1 in 783 |
| Pennsylvania | #235 | 47 | 1 in 993 |
| Maryland | #245 | 22 | 1 in 950 |
| Connecticut | #247 | 12 | 1 in 951 |
| Kentucky | #253 | 17 | 1 in 995 |
| New York | #256 | 66 | 1 in 1,178 |
| Tennessee | #263 | 28 | 1 in 1,127 |
| Wisconsin | #272 | 19 | 1 in 1,075 |
| Washington | #284 | 25 | 1 in 1,130 |
| Ohio | #285 | 40 | 1 in 1,174 |
| Indiana | #298 | 23 | 1 in 1,210 |
| Missouri | #304 | 19 | 1 in 1,236 |
| Idaho | #323 | 6 | 1 in 1,082 |
| Colorado | #370 | 15 | 1 in 1,441 |
| Minnesota | #390 | 13 | 1 in 1,611 |
| Nebraska | #405 | 5 | 1 in 1,394 |
| Kansas | #436 | 7 | 1 in 1,613 |
| Oregon | #527 | 6 | 1 in 2,056 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Alani
- 17 spots since 2024 (#178 → #161)
- 60 spots since 2020 (#221 → #161)
- 368 spots since 2015 (#529 → #161)
- Biggest jump: 420 spots in 2003 (#1,404 → #984)
- Biggest drop: 45 spots in 2008 (#873 → #918)
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2025 at #161 (1,843 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 2005–2025
- Highest: 1 in 872 girls born in 2025 were named Alani (0.11%)
- 52.3% of all girls named Alani (9,825) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #9,750 (1978) | #9,750 |
| 1980s | 71 | #6,212 (1983) | #8,202 |
| 1990s | 355 | #1,975 (1999) | #4,217 |
| 2000s | 2,377 | #755 (2009) | #1,090 |
| 2010s | 6,166 | #303 (2019) | #532 |
| 2020s | 9,825 | #161 (2025) | #182 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alani in 2023
Top girls' names in 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
girls
1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 970 of them was named Alani, which outranked 99.0% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 342,115 of them was named Alani, which outranked 13.9% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,976 names at #12,239; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.