Ailany

What Ailany means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,842 in 2015, #14 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ailany?

US: Rising: up from #3842 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 7,136 girls got the name (#14 that year). First in the US records in 2000.

How common

• About 1 in 225 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 63,320 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 DE (12.42 per 1,000 girls), MD (11.26 per 1,000 girls), RI (10.6 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Ailany is #14 in the US and #4867 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.7% of US babies named Ailany were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Alana2,085 US · 190 E&W
• Alani1,843 US · 40 E&W
• Ailani1,807 US · 3 E&W
• Aylani1,043 US
• Ailanny280 US
• Ailana205 US
• Aylany133 US
• Aulani119 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 Ailany

Girls

• Lucia#83Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Lainey#30Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #576 in 2015, #30 in 2025
• Lia#200Latin, meaning “cow”^*
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Julieta#285Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #805 in 2015, #285 in 2025
• Luciana#273Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #273 vs #1,809 in 2025

For a brother

• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*
• Bodie#275Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #958 in 2015, #275 in 2025
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Tatum#202Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #585 in 2015, #202 in 2025
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025

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 Ailany’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.