NameTides

Malani

Malani was the #374 girls' name in the US in 2025 (822 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales and #2,730 in Canada.

Malani as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Malani 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Malani 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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#374 (822)#4,867 (4)#2,730 (7)
2024#330 (943)#4,193 (5)—
2023#350 (870)#4,710 (4)—
2022#397 (790)#4,646 (4)—
2021#420 (750)——
2020#494 (618)#5,493 (3)—
2019#670 (433)——
2018#743 (373)——
2017#920 (290)——
2016#1,188 (210)——
2015#1,247 (196)——
2014#1,940 (103)——
2013#2,236 (83)——
2012#1,760 (117)——
2011#1,909 (104)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #330.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,000 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 2,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Malani is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 2,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Malani by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #518WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #268ILMichigan: #364MINew York: #679NYMassachusetts: #481MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #444INOhio: #280OHPennsylvania: #374PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #908CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #480MOKentucky: #307KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #246VAMaryland: #354MDDelaware: #115DEArizona: #515AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #301ARTennessee: #296TNNorth Carolina: #233NCSouth Carolina: #168SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #63LAMississippi: #89MSAlabama: #236ALGeorgia: #211GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #353TXFlorida: #223FL
Malani (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
MalaniCanadaGirls#2,7307
MalaniEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
MalaniNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MalaniUSGirls#374822
MalaniUSBoys—too few