Lani
#1,921 most common girls' name of all time · #3,294 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1917–2025
Rank among girls
#1,921
Rank overall
#3,294 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
91 of 146
All-time
7,556
Since 2016
927
Peak year
1979 #1,001
Best rank
#880 1947
Girls
Boys
peak 143/yr
Lani first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 131 | — | 131 | #1,595 |
| 2024 | 105 | — | 105 | #1,903 |
| 2023 | 96 | 5 | 101 | #2,038 |
| 2022 | 98 | 6 | 104 | #1,998 |
| 2021 | 92 | — | 92 | #2,077 |
| 2020 | 82 | — | 82 | #2,201 |
| 2019 | 81 | — | 81 | #2,254 |
| 2018 | 73 | — | 73 | #2,443 |
| 2017 | 78 | — | 78 | #2,342 |
| 2016 | 80 | — | 80 | #2,346 |
| 2015 | 67 | — | 67 | #2,654 |
| 2014 | 72 | — | 72 | #2,499 |
| 2013 | 74 | — | 74 | #2,443 |
| 2012 | 71 | — | 71 | #2,551 |
| 2011 | 76 | — | 76 | #2,421 |
| 2010 | 90 | — | 90 | #2,171 |
| 2009 | 98 | — | 98 | #2,079 |
| 2008 | 95 | — | 95 | #2,123 |
| 2007 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,785 |
| 2006 | 127 | — | 127 | #1,667 |
| 2005 | 142 | — | 142 | #1,481 |
| 2004 | 132 | 6 | 138 | #1,521 |
| 2003 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,628 |
| 2002 | 130 | — | 130 | #1,473 |
| 2001 | 96 | 5 | 101 | #1,840 |
| 2000 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,952 |
| 1999 | 73 | — | 73 | #2,101 |
| 1998 | 66 | — | 66 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,829 |
| 1996 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,725 |
| 1995 | 67 | — | 67 | #2,032 |
| 1994 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,171 |
| 1993 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,781 |
| 1992 | 89 | 6 | 95 | #1,694 |
| 1991 | 75 | 6 | 81 | #1,884 |
| 1990 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,660 |
| 1989 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,841 |
| 1988 | 65 | — | 65 | #1,896 |
| 1987 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,819 |
| 1986 | 65 | — | 65 | #1,773 |
| 1985 | 79 | 5 | 84 | #1,542 |
| 1984 | 65 | — | 65 | #1,692 |
| 1983 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,479 |
| 1982 | 95 | 6 | 101 | #1,319 |
| 1981 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,176 |
| 1980 | 142 | — | 142 | #1,019 |
| 1979 | 143 | — | 143 | #1,001 |
| 1978 | 98 | 5 | 103 | #1,256 |
| 1977 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,582 |
| 1976 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,365 |
| 1975 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,391 |
| 1974 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,366 |
| 1973 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,489 |
| 1972 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,307 |
| 1971 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,190 |
| 1970 | 133 | 5 | 138 | #955 |
| 1969 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,132 |
| 1968 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,096 |
| 1967 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,022 |
| 1966 | 84 | 5 | 89 | #1,166 |
| 1965 | 57 | 5 | 62 | #1,473 |
| 1964 | 85 | 5 | 90 | #1,201 |
| 1963 | 75 | — | 75 | #1,278 |
| 1962 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,173 |
| 1961 | 100 | 11 | 111 | #1,099 |
| 1960 | 105 | 5 | 110 | #1,049 |
| 1959 | 97 | — | 97 | #1,084 |
| 1958 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,049 |
| 1957 | 93 | — | 93 | #1,088 |
| 1956 | 106 | — | 106 | #998 |
| 1955 | 80 | 6 | 86 | #1,117 |
| 1954 | 109 | 9 | 118 | #925 |
| 1953 | 86 | 5 | 91 | #1,048 |
| 1952 | 67 | 8 | 75 | #1,168 |
| 1951 | 80 | 7 | 87 | #1,040 |
| 1950 | 76 | 9 | 85 | #1,060 |
| 1949 | 67 | 7 | 74 | #1,107 |
| 1948 | 74 | 8 | 82 | #1,027 |
| 1947 | 101 | — | 101 | #880 |
| 1946 | 73 | 10 | 83 | #983 |
| 1945 | 67 | — | 67 | #936 |
| 1944 | 59 | 7 | 66 | #1,025 |
| 1943 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,391 |
| 1942 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,293 |
| 1941 | 43 | 7 | 50 | #1,146 |
| 1940 | 37 | 8 | 45 | #1,216 |
| 1939 | 15 | 6 | 21 | #2,190 |
| 1938 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,093 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,484 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,197 |