Girls' name · peaked in 2025
Alani name popularity since 1925
18,910 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Alani (99.4% girls, 0.6% boys). Half of them were born in 2020 or earlier, so the typical Alani is about 6 years old in 2026. Alani peaked in 2025 as the #161 name for girls, and it ranked #161 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 18,910
- Named Alani, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #161
- for girls in 2025 (1,843 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% girls
- 18,799 girls · 111 boys
- Most popular in
- Florida
- 2.85× its national share
Peak year is the year Alani made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Alani births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Alani both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2016 and 2021, Alani became 2.7× more common, from 1 in 2,780 baby girls to 1 in 1,020.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Alani's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Alani.
Decade by decade
Babies named Alani in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 5 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 71 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 355 | 0 | #4,222 |
| 2000s | 2,377 | 25 | #920 |
| 2010s | 6,166 | 52 | #529 |
| 2020–25 | 9,825 | 34 | #161 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
78.0% of babies named Alani from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Alani is most popular
The index compares Alani's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Alani.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 2.85× | 1,821 |
| Arizona | 1.96× | 450 |
| Georgia | 1.94× | 949 |
| Texas | 1.68× | 2,331 |
| California | 1.61× | 3,015 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Alani and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Alani (this page) | 18,799 | 2025 |
| Ahlani | 1,085 | 2024 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Alani's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Alani.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Alani (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data