NameTides

Ailani

Ailani was the #168 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,807 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Ailani as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Ailani as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Ailani as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#168 (1,807)#5,927 (3)#2,475 (8)
2024#327 (950)—#3,383 (5)
2023#591 (507)#4,710 (4)#2,900 (6)
2022#467 (680)—#2,553 (7)
2021#532 (581)——
2020#542 (556)#4,535 (4)—
2019#685 (423)#4,686 (4)—
2018#759 (359)——
2017#952 (277)——
2016#915 (301)#4,763 (4)—
2015#1,199 (208)——
2014#1,892 (106)——
2013#2,385 (76)——
2012#2,078 (92)——
2011#1,886 (106)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #168.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1996.

How common is it?

about 1 in 890 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 890common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ailani is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 910 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 470 to 1 in 1,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ailani by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #237WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #176WAIdaho: #221IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #127ILMichigan: #787MINew York: #158NYMassachusetts: #207MAOregon: #128ORNevada: #119NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #390IAIndiana: #162INOhio: #390OHPennsylvania: #360PANew Jersey: #149NJConnecticut: #280CTRhode Island: #180RICalifornia: #84CAUtah: #330UTColorado: #154CONebraska: #244NEMissouri: #350MOKentucky: #383KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #192VAMaryland: #183MDDelaware: #115DEArizona: #112AZNew Mexico: #69NMKansas: #212KSArkansas: #208ARTennessee: #375TNNorth Carolina: #204NCSouth Carolina: #228SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #196OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: #270MSAlabama: #221ALGeorgia: #114GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #79TXFlorida: #167FL
Ailani (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AilaniCanadaGirls#2,4758
AilaniEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
AilaniUSGirls#1681,807
AilaniUSBoys—too few