Alani
Meaning
"orange tree"
The story
Alani is Hawaiian for the orange tree, and it is the branch of the -lani family that means something you can hold. The record shows a clean modern arrival: about 360 girls in the 1990s, 2,400 in the 2000s, 6,200 in the 2010s, and already 9,900 so far this decade, past the full 2010s total with years to run. It climbs alongside Leilani, the biggest of the family, and the newer coinages like Ailany that borrow the same open vowels; each spelling charts separately, and together they are one of the strongest sound-currents in American naming right now. In our records Alani is a girls' name at about 18,800 to 110. What distinguishes it inside its family is concreteness: not heavenly flowers or royal skies but a fruit tree in the yard, sweet, productive and real, which is its own kind of blessing to hang on a child.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Alani peaked in the 2020s.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
2,342 people · the #4,593 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 83,333 · median age 22
Among people named Alani living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2000s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 95 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Alani
Most people given the name Alani in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Alani deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Alani truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Alani fits with your family’s names and surname.
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