Naylani

What Naylani means

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

Editor’s note 296 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Naylani?

US: Rising: up from #5653 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 296 girls got the name (#895 that year). First in the US records in 2002.

How common

• About 1 in 5,430 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 MD (0.55 per 1,000 girls), OR (0.46 per 1,000 girls), SC (0.38 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Naylani is #895 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 Naylani were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Nalani754 US · 8 E&W
• Nailani134 US
• Noelani109 US
• Nylani91 US
• Neylani51 US
• Nailany51 US
• Naelani38 US
• Neilani38 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 Naylani

Girls

• Ruby#64Editor’s note Up from #83 in 2015 to #64 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 450 US girls in the 2025 records
• Lia#200Latin, meaning “cow”^*
• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Aylani#293Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,595 in 2015, #293 in 2025
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Eden#70possibly “steppe, garden”^*

For a brother

• Beckham#168“homestead”^*
• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Malakai#213Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #491 in 2015, #213 in 2025
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*

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