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Alani

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Alani is ranked 178th among girls in 2024 (1,697 births). Its best rank was 173rd, in 2022.

Rank in 2024
#178down 2 from 2023
Births in 2024
1,6970.11% of girls
Peak year
20221,700 births
Best rank
#173in 2022
Since 1978
16,949people given the name
Babies named Alani, by year of birthgirls
05001k1.5k2k18801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

16,949 girls have been named Alani in the United States since 1978, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 1,700 births — 0.10% of all girls recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 47%. It has spent 21 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Alani
1970s5
1980s71
1990s355
2000s2,377
2010s6,166
2020s7,975

In 2022, its biggest year

Alani was the 173rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2022 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Alani

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.