NameTides

Alani

Alani was the #161 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,843 babies), and #872 in England & Wales and #1,265 in Canada.

Alani as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Alani 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Alani 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#161 (1,843)#872 (40)#1,265 (20)
2024#178 (1,703)#2,575 (10)#1,949 (11)
2023#177 (1,654)#2,063 (13)#1,774 (12)
2022#173 (1,700)#2,058 (13)#1,727 (12)
2021#183 (1,605)#1,195 (28)#2,377 (8)
2020#221 (1,320)#1,846 (15)#2,163 (9)
2019#303 (1,074)#1,497 (20)#2,188 (9)
2018#347 (912)#3,178 (7)#3,286 (5)
2017#448 (705)#2,502 (10)—
2016#488 (637)#2,547 (10)—
2015#529 (595)#3,252 (7)—
2014#613 (474)#3,514 (6)—
2013#616 (454)#2,887 (8)#3,286 (5)
2012#588 (496)#3,285 (7)—
2011#666 (425)#4,049 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #161.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1978.

How common is it?

about 1 in 870 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 870common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alani is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 860 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 820 to 1 in 910.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alani by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #274WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #478WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #597MNIllinois: #133ILMichigan: #209MINew York: #227NYMassachusetts: #215MAOregon: #353ORNevada: #57NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #201INOhio: #230OHPennsylvania: #183PANew Jersey: #192NJConnecticut: #280CTRhode Island: #103RICalifornia: #126CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #254CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #265MOKentucky: #331KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #164VAMaryland: #144MDDelaware: #70DEArizona: #134AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #404KSArkansas: #153ARTennessee: #194TNNorth Carolina: #119NCSouth Carolina: #144SCDistrict of Columbia: #109DCOklahoma: #185OKLouisiana: #60LAMississippi: #64MSAlabama: #151ALGeorgia: #51GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #122TXFlorida: #117FL
Alani (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5856

Alani (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlaniCanadaGirls#1,26520
AlaniEngland & WalesGirls#87240
AlaniNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlaniUSGirls#1611,843
AlaniUSBoys#10,6956