Elani

What Elani means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,685 in 2015, #844 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Elani?

US: Rising: up from #2685 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 322 girls got the name (#844 that year). First in the US records in 1986.

How common

• About 1 in 4,992 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 25,328 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 MS (0.56 per 1,000 girls), IL (0.43 per 1,000 girls), TX (0.39 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Elani is #844 in the US and #2605 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 Elani were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Elena4,836 US · 307 E&W
• Alana2,085 US · 190 E&W
• Alani1,843 US · 40 E&W
• Ailani1,807 US · 3 E&W
• Elaina1,176 US · 37 E&W
• Aylani1,043 US
• Elina355 US · 69 E&W
• Eleni240 US · 65 E&W

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 Elani

Girls

• Palmer#232“a pilgrim from the Holy Land”^*
• Saylor#217“dancer, acrobat”^*
• Juniper#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #427 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Noa#226Hawaiian, meaning “commoner, free man”^*
• Alaia#117“joyful”^*
• Ivy#39From the word “ivy”^*

For a brother

• Callahan#227Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,804 in 2015, #227 in 2025
• Koa#269Hawaiian, meaning “warrior, courage; koa tree”^*
• Bodhi#265Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 5 babies
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Bodie#275Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #958 in 2015, #275 in 2025
• Myles#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #223 in 2015, #100 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 Elani’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.