How popular is the name Lani?

Lani ranks 1,325th among girls' names in US records, with 11,286 births since 1917. Over the past decade it accounts for 998.

Is Lani a unisex name?

No. Lani is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1979, when 287 children were given the name. It has been in use for 108 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Loni. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,325 of girl names

Pronounced L AA1 N IY0 (ARPABET)

Lani is a girls' name, and first appears in 1917. It has been given to 11,286 children — the 1,325th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1979, when 287 children were given it.

Loni is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1979Girls: 287Boys: 5

These spellings sound identical to Lani and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Lani?: Lani ranks 1,325th among girls' names in US records, with 11,286 births since 1917. Over the past decade it accounts for 998.
Is Lani a unisex name?: No. Lani is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Lani most popular?: 1979, when 287 children were given the name. It has been in use for 108 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Lani spelled?: Loni. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.