Meilani
#590 for girls in 2025, 498 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 498 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,971since 1982
Meilani over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Meilani has never cracked the top 500 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #590 | 498 |
| 2024 | #813 | 341 |
| 2023 | #845 | 320 |
| 2022 | #952 | 284 |
| 2021 | #1,091 | 227 |
| 2020 | #888 | 300 |
| 2019 | #883 | 305 |
| 2018 | #816 | 332 |
| 2017 | #907 | 295 |
| 2016 | #1,005 | 263 |
| 2015 | #946 | 287 |
| 2014 | #2,781 | 62 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 |
| 2010 | #5,602 | 24 |
| 2009 | #4,677 | 31 |
| 2008 | #5,279 | 27 |
| 2007 | #5,709 | 24 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 |
| 2005 | #4,267 | 32 |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 |
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| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
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| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
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| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
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First appearance
1982
The first year at least five girls were named Meilani! It came in at #10,517, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1982–1986, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Meilani
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 223 spots since 2024 (#813 → #590)
- 298 spots since 2020 (#888 → #590)
- 356 spots since 2015 (#946 → #590)
- Biggest jump: 1,835 spots in 2015 (#2,781 → #946)
- Biggest drop: 203 spots in 2021 (#888 → #1,091)
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 2025 at #590 (498 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2017–2020
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,227
- Highest: 1 in 3,227 girls born in 2025 were named Meilani (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 49.6% of all girls named Meilani (1,970) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 52 | #4,496 (1988) | #7,757 |
| 1990s | 91 | #6,264 (1993) | #8,482 |
| 2000s | 224 | #4,267 (2005) | #5,807 |
| 2010s | 1,634 | #816 (2018) | #3,066 |
| 2020s | 1,970 | #590 (2025) | #863 |
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.
Meilani in 2025
girls
#590
498 births · 1 in 3,227 girls
Top girls' names in 2025
More about 2025
girls
1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 3,227 of them was named Meilani, which outranked 96.6% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).