NameTides

Nalani

Nalani was the #414 girls' name in the US in 2025 (754 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales and #1,768 in Canada.

Nalani as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Nalani 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Nalani 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#414 (754)#3,035 (8)#1,768 (13)
2024#530 (577)#1,603 (19)#1,541 (15)
2023#591 (507)#2,689 (9)#3,290 (5)
2022#554 (549)#3,149 (7)#1,727 (12)
2021#595 (503)#2,711 (9)#1,778 (12)
2020#593 (491)#3,117 (7)#2,007 (10)
2019#640 (456)#2,643 (9)#2,374 (8)
2018#706 (413)#2,674 (9)#1,862 (11)
2017#813 (335)#5,765 (3)#2,876 (6)
2016#987 (269)#5,785 (3)—
2015#1,280 (190)#5,730 (3)—
2014#1,387 (166)——
2013#1,281 (184)#4,050 (5)—
2012#1,111 (223)#5,876 (3)#2,338 (8)
2011#1,204 (199)—#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #414.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1946.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Nalani is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,800 to 1 in 2,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nalani by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #447WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #597MNIllinois: #312ILMichigan: #316MINew York: #442NYMassachusetts: #519MAOregon: #548ORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #418INOhio: #401OHPennsylvania: #277PANew Jersey: #390NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #509CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #465VAMaryland: #283MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #477AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #432TNNorth Carolina: #238NCSouth Carolina: #228SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #296OKLouisiana: #369LAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #297ALGeorgia: #262GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #368TXFlorida: #375FL
Nalani (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

Nalani (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
NalaniCanadaGirls#1,76813
NalaniEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
NalaniNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
NalaniUSGirls#414754