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Aylani

eye-LAH-nee /aɪˈlɑni/ American English, Hawaiian

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
#293 of girl names
Babies in 2025
1,043 (0.059% of girls)
Trend
Rising #1,752 in 2020 to #293 in 2025
Peak
#293 in 2025
First recorded
2003

Meaning of Aylani

Aylani—pronounced eye-LAH-nee—drifts onto the tongue like a sea breeze that just danced through jasmine vines and kept the perfume for itself. Story goes that her sound palette borrows “lani,” the Hawaiian word for “heavenly sky,” then twirls it with the bright “Ay” found in Spanish-speaking corners of the Americas and in Ayla, the Hebrew-Turkish moonlight name; together they paint a picture of a moon rising into a tropical heaven. No wonder parents are swooning: Aylani has sprinted up the U.S. charts—from a shy seven baby girls in 2004 to more than five hundred little stars in 2024—proving that a fresh name can climb like a salsa beat at a summer fiesta. People who meet an Aylani often report flashes of turquoise waters, cloud-top daydreams, and a personality that mixes beach-day laughter with a quietly fierce will. In short, she’s a name that feels both timeless and brand-new, like discovering a secret cove only locals know—and then realizing it’s been on the map of your heart all along.

How to pronounce Aylani

American English, Hawaiian

Popularity of Aylani in the U.S.

Aylani was the #293 girl name in the U.S. in 2025, with 1,043 babies. It first appears in the records in 2003.

Bar and line chart: Aylani in the U.S., 2003–2025. Bars: girls given the name each year, most 1,043 in 2025. Line: rank among girl names, peak #293 in 2025.
  • Girls named Aylani (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 2003–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 2003⁠–⁠2025 23 rows
Aylani: babies and rank among girl names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
20251,043293▲ 269
2024541562▲ 439
20232541,001▲ 198
20222011,199▲ 59
20211861,258▲ 494
20201141,752▲ 553
2019782,305▼ 51
2018812,254▲ 319
2017682,573▲ 1,350
2016383,923▼ 328
2015433,595▲ 1,297
2014284,892▲ 1,570
2013196,462▼ 1,755
2012304,707▲ 1,628
2011206,335▲ 1,936
2010148,271▲ 2,408
20091010,679▼ 1,203
2008129,476▲ 63
2007129,539▲ 362
2006119,901▼ 2,010
2005147,891▲ 4,870
2004712,761▼ 353
2003712,408new

Aylani by state

Aylani ranks #120 in Rhode Island (2025).

Map: Aylani's 2025 rank among girl names in each U.S. state
Rank among girl names by state, 2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Rank by state 37 states
Aylani: rank and babies by state, 2025
StateRankBabies
Rhode Island1207
Nevada14117
New Mexico1599
Texas162200
Arizona16439
California195171
Kansas20116
South Carolina22821
Connecticut24813
North Carolina25044
New Jersey25332
Illinois27638
Colorado27722
Louisiana29515
Tennessee29626
Oregon32011
Nebraska3356
Mississippi3418
New York35048
Maryland35415
Florida37549
Virginia37621
Minnesota37714
Georgia40228
Kentucky40510
Utah40810
Indiana41816
Wisconsin42012
Oklahoma4379
Washington45215
Alabama48110
Pennsylvania48721
Massachusetts51910
Arkansas5555
Missouri55610
Ohio56218
Michigan8638