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How popular is the name Lani?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lanis are alive today.
Lani (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1271st in 2025 and given to 25 babies. The name peaked in 2008, when 34 babies were given the name, the 937th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2019, with 31 babies given the name that year.
The Lani you are most likely to meet is around 19 years old - or else around 7: the name has two living generations. Half of all Lanis born in England and Wales are between 8 and 22, and there are at least 600 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 Lani - on average, only one in every 525 such rooms contains a Lani.
How many babies are named Lani each year?
Where does Lani rank among girls' names?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Lani most popular?
Lani peaked in 2008, when 34 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Lani?
At least 600 people named Lani born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Lani?
Most living Lanis are between 8 and 22; the most common age is about 19. There is a second cluster around 7.
Is Lani becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.