Aylani

What Aylani means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,595 in 2015, #293 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Aylani?

US: Rising: up from #3595 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,043 girls got the name (#293 that year). First in the US records in 2003.

How common

• About 1 in 1,541 baby girls in the US 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 RI (2.85 per 1,000 girls), NM (1.93 per 1,000 girls), NV (1.85 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Aylani is #293 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 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 Aylani 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
• Ailani1,807 US · 3 E&W
• Elani322 US · 10 E&W
• Ailana205 US
• Ehlani183 US
• Aylany133 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 Aylani

Girls

• Lucia#83Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Amelia#4“vigor, bravery”^*
• Lia#200Latin, meaning “cow”^*
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Kailani#253“sea + sky”^*
• Ayla#77Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1963, with 6 babies

For a brother

• Charlie#145Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #22 vs #145 in 2025
• Roman#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #42 in 2025
• Ace#164Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #419 in 2015, #164 in 2025
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*
• Leo#19“lion”^*

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