Alani

What Alani means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Alani?

US: Rising: up from #529 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3252 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,843 girls got the name (#161 that year). First in the US records in 1978.

How common

• About 1 in 872 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,332 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 (4.43 per 1,000 girls), NV (3.48 per 1,000 girls), DC (3.47 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Alani is #161 in the US and #872 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 Alani 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
• Alina2,204 US · 208 E&W
• Alana2,085 US · 190 E&W
• Ailani1,807 US · 3 E&W
• Alaina1,366 US · 49 E&W
• Alanna1,099 US · 44 E&W
• Alayna927 US · 214 E&W
• Aylani1,043 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 Alani

Girls

• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*
• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Ellie#24Editor’s note Up from #48 in 2015 to #24 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US girls in the 2025 records
• Lilith#277Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #586 in 2015, #277 in 2025
• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*

For a brother

• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Kai#93“warrior”^*
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 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 Alani’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.