Lani

Girl · recorded 1917–2025

  • #1,592in 2025
  • 1 in 12,269girls in 2025
  • +117%last ten years
  • 2.1×in California

Most popular in 1979.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1917

0458919171944197119982025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 91 recorded years as a table
Lani, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19175
19204
19244
193814
193914
194032
194136
194229
194326
194444
194551
194646
194757
194844
194939
195044
195144
195236
195346
195456
195541
195653
195745
195850
195948
196052
196150
196245
196339
196445
196532
196650
196762
196858
196957
197076
197158
197251
197344
197452
197552
197654
197744
197864
197989
198086
198168
198256
198347
198439
198546
198638
198737
198836
198939
199047
199140
199248
199345
199435
199538
199626
199725
199837
199941
200047
200153
200272
200365
200472
200577
200667
200762
200850
200953
201051
201143
201240
201342
201440
201538
201645
201745
201843
201948
202051
202156
202260
202360
202465
202582

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. California 2.1×
  2. Florida 2.0×
  3. Texas 1.3×

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
131
Rank in 2025
#1,592
How rare
1 in 12,269 girls
Since 1917
7,373

Most popular in 1979, at 89 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 117% per million girls born.

Top 3 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California2.1×71
Florida2.0×36
Texas1.3×43

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.