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 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#51 · 1 in 337
- Nevada#57 · 1 in 288
- Louisiana#60 · 1 in 298
- Mississippi#64 · 1 in 307
- Delaware#70 · 1 in 226
Best ever in a state: #51 in Georgia, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #51 | 134 | 1 in 337 |
| Nevada | #57 | 32 | 1 in 288 |
| Louisiana | #60 | 55 | 1 in 298 |
| Mississippi | #64 | 29 | 1 in 307 |
| Delaware | #70 | 10 | 1 in 226 |
| Rhode Island | #103 | 8 | 1 in 307 |
| District of Columbia | #109 | 7 | 1 in 288 |
| Florida | #117 | 148 | 1 in 586 |
| North Carolina | #119 | 83 | 1 in 560 |
| Texas | #122 | 256 | 1 in 627 |
| California | #126 | 241 | 1 in 671 |
| Illinois | #133 | 72 | 1 in 616 |
| Arizona | #134 | 47 | 1 in 600 |
| Maryland | #144 | 33 | 1 in 606 |
| South Carolina | #144 | 31 | 1 in 590 |
| Alabama | #151 | 28 | 1 in 654 |
| Arkansas | #153 | 19 | 1 in 558 |
| Virginia | #164 | 49 | 1 in 689 |
| Pennsylvania | #183 | 61 | 1 in 765 |
| Oklahoma | #185 | 21 | 1 in 704 |
| New Jersey | #192 | 43 | 1 in 826 |
| Tennessee | #194 | 39 | 1 in 822 |
| Indiana | #201 | 34 | 1 in 821 |
| Michigan | #209 | 43 | 1 in 831 |
| Massachusetts | #215 | 26 | 1 in 924 |
| New York | #227 | 76 | 1 in 1,031 |
| Ohio | #230 | 49 | 1 in 965 |
| Colorado | #254 | 25 | 1 in 933 |
| Missouri | #265 | 23 | 1 in 1,056 |
| Wisconsin | #274 | 19 | 1 in 1,066 |
| Connecticut | #280 | 11 | 1 in 1,046 |
| West Virginia | #308 | 5 | 1 in 1,015 |
| Kentucky | #331 | 13 | 1 in 1,327 |
| Oregon | #353 | 10 | 1 in 1,305 |
| Kansas | #404 | 8 | 1 in 1,476 |
| Washington | #478 | 14 | 1 in 2,061 |
| Minnesota | #597 | 8 | 1 in 2,685 |
| Utah | #704 | 5 | 1 in 3,415 |
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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 2025
Top girls' names in 2025
Top boys' names in 2025
More about 2025
girls
1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 872 of them was named Alani, which outranked 99.1% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 284,679 of them was named Alani, which outranked 23.2% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).
- #9,714Zyn7
- #9,714Zyonn7
- #9,714Zyree7
- #10,695Alani6
- #10,695Aadhyan6
- #10,695Aadish6
- #10,695Aamari6
- #12,008Aadan5
- #12,008Aadhavan5
- #12,008Aalam5
Tied with 1,312 names at #10,695; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.