Malani

What Malani means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,247 in 2015, #374 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Malani?

US: Rising: up from #1247 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 943 girls got the name (#330 that year). First in the US records in 1977.

How common

• About 1 in 1,955 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 LA (3.18 per 1,000 girls), DE (3.1 per 1,000 girls), MS (2.7 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Malani is #374 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, 99.9+% of US babies named Malani were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Milani1,063 US · 31 E&W
• Melany779 US
• Meilani498 US · 3 E&W
• Milana336 US · 70 E&W
• Melani234 US · 3 E&W
• Maelani136 US
• Maylani96 US
• Malina86 US · 6 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 Malani

Girls

• Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Myla#210Editor’s note Up from #335 in 2015 to #210 in 2025 in the US
• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*
• Noa#226Hawaiian, meaning “commoner, free man”^*

For a brother

• Matteo#146Italian, from Latin Matthaeus, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Jett#169Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #169 vs #452 in 2025
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records

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