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Lani

girl name
Origin
Hawaiian
Syllables
2
Peak era
2000s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

sky, heaven, royal

How popular is Lani around the world?

In the United States, 615 babies were named Lani between 2020 and 2025. In South Australia, 2 girls were registered as Lani in 2017.

Lani is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, England and Wales, Austria, Canada, Brazil and Spain.

United States

1 in 35,000

In the United States, 615 babies were named Lani between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lani peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure. In US birth records Lani has stayed between 615 and 1,155 births in every decade since the 1950s: a name everyone knows and few children get.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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South Australia

1 in 9,200 · 2017

In South Australia, 2 girls were registered as Lani in 2017.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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England and Wales

1 in 23,000

In England and Wales, 25 girls named Lani were born in 2025, ranked 1,271st among girls that year.

1996peak 2019

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Austria

1 in 25,000

In Austria, 3 girls named Lani were born in 2025, ranked 1,026th among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Canada

1 in 61,000

In Canada, 6 girls named Lani were born in 2024, ranked 3,027th among girls that year.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Brazil

1 in 500,000

At the 2022 census, 418 people in Brazil were named Lani, ranked 15,127th, with a median age of 48.
Among people named Lani living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.

1940speak 1960s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Spain

1 in 1.4M

In Spain, 31 residents are named Lani, ranked 21,389th among women, with a mean age of 44.3 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Mexico City City

last on record 2020

Lani is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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New Zealand

last on record 2011

Lani is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

1990peak 20082025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Not on the record in Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Lani

People given the name Lani in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1960 to 2009. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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