Ailani

What Ailani means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ailani yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,199 in 2015, #168 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ailani?

US: Rising: up from #1199 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,807 girls got the name (#168 that year). First in the US records in 1996.

How common

• About 1 in 889 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 84,427 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (3.64 per 1,000 girls), DE (3.1 per 1,000 girls), HI (2.8 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Ailani is #168 in the US and #5927 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Ailani were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ailany7,136 US · 4 E&W
• Alana2,085 US · 190 E&W
• Alani1,843 US · 40 E&W
• Aylani1,043 US
• Elani322 US · 10 E&W
• Ailanny280 US
• Ailana205 US
• Ehlani183 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ailani

Girls

• Noa#226Hawaiian, meaning “commoner, free man”^*
• Nyla#236Editor’s note Up from #326 in 2015 to #236 in 2025 in the US
• Kaia#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #447 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Phoebe#157“bright”^*
• Selah#216“to hang”^*
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies

For a brother

• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Jett#169Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #169 vs #452 in 2025
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Crew#256“weir”^*
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ailani’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.