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How popular is the name Elani?

Births per year, rank history and how many Elanis are alive today.

Elani (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 2605th in 2025 and given to 10 babies. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Elani you are most likely to meet is around 0 years old - or else around 19: the name has two living generations. Half of all Elanis born in England and Wales are between 6 and 20, and there are at least 98 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Elani - on average, only one in every 3,215 such rooms contains a Elani.

How many babies are named Elani each year?

03581020202004: 32006: 52007: 42011: 62014: 32017: 32018: 62019: 62020: 42022: 32023: 42024: 32025: 10actual

Where does Elani rank among girls' names?

1101001,00010,00020202004: ranked 4,5982006: ranked 3,5482007: ranked 4,2942011: ranked 3,5492014: ranked 5,6912017: ranked 5,7652018: ranked 3,5182019: ranked 3,5412020: ranked 4,5352022: ranked 5,6702023: ranked 4,7102024: ranked 5,8922025: ranked 2,605

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Elani per year in England and Wales, 2004 to 2025, peaking at about 10 in 2025
Elani: births per year in England and Wales, 2004-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Elani most popular?

Elani peaked in 2025, when 10 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Elani?

At least 98 people named Elani born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Elani?

Most living Elanis are between 6 and 20; the most common age is about 0. There is a second cluster around 19.

Is Elani becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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