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Aolani

ow-LAH-nee /oʊˈlɑni/ Hawaiian

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
#5,099 of girl names (outside the top 1,000)
Babies in 2025
25 (<0.01% of girls)
Trend
Rising #7,212 in 2020 to #5,099 in 2025
Peak
#3,168 in 2007
First recorded
1981

Meaning of Aolani

Aolani is a name that twirls like a palm frond in a trade wind, a Hawaiian jewel whose very syllables mean “heavenly cloud.” She drifts into the imagination with the soft embrace of dawn mist, promising dulce alegría and un pequeño suspiro of wonder. Rooted in the islands’ own language—ao (cloud) plus lani (sky, heaven)—Aolani conjures cerulean horizons and whispers of aloha carried on the sea’s breath. With a playful wink, she steps into any room like a fiesta of sunshine—regal yet accessible, exotic yet cálida—inviting every corazón to dream a little higher. For padres seeking a nombre lleno de sol y alma, Aolani sparkles with tropical romance and celestial promise.

How to pronounce Aolani

Hawaiian

Popularity of Aolani in the U.S.

Aolani was the #5,099 girl name in the U.S. in 2025, with 25 babies. It peaked at #3,168 in 2007. It first appears in the records in 1981.

Bar and line chart: Aolani in the U.S., 1981–2025. Bars: girls given the name each year, most 54 in 2007 and 25 in 2025. Line: rank among girl names, peak #3,168 in 2007, #5,099 in 2025.
  • Girls named Aolani (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1981–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1981⁠–⁠2025 35 rows
Aolani: babies and rank among girl names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025255,099▼ 430
2024294,669▲ 1,291
2023205,960▼ 1,378
2022304,582▼ 256
2021324,326▲ 2,886
2020157,212▲ 1,385
2019128,597▼ 2,076
2018186,521▼ 1,183
2017245,338▼ 993
2016334,345▲ 1,691
2015216,036▼ 1,379
2014304,657▲ 987
2013235,644▲ 466
2012216,110▼ 1,757
2011334,353▼ 781
2010443,572▲ 697
2009354,269▼ 90
2008374,179▼ 1,011
2007543,168▲ 751
2006383,919▲ 276
2005334,195▲ 1,013
2004245,208▼ 1,917
2003443,291▲ 103
2002403,394▲ 815
2001294,209▼ 401
2000333,808▼ 365
1999363,443▲ 580
1998284,023▲ 2,460
1997146,483▼ 2,299
1996254,184▲ 2,457
1995136,641▲ 456
1994127,097▲ 2,462
199389,559▼ 68
199289,491back (not recorded in 1982–1991)
198169,110new