Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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