Girl
Lani
As a girl's name, Lani is understood to mean "sky, heaven". It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2000s. Today, it is seldom chosen in the registry. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.
HawaiianHawaiian
EtymologyMeaning "sky, heaven"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
5
1920s
10
1930s
37
1940s
643
1950s
938
1960s
918
1970s
921
1980s
848
1990s
703
2000s
1,155
2010s
604
Peaked in the 2000s · 6,782 total U.S. births since 1900