girls:
493 births since 2000
#5223 (9th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 2023
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
499 births since 2000
#7240 (6th percentile)
The name Dalani is the #7,240 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 499 recorded births since 2000. This represents the 6.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,223 (8.6% percentile) for all time with 493 births since 2000. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 2023.
Dalani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2000 (2000 for girls and 2023 for boys).
The name Dalani has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 93.6% of babies named Dalani were girls.
For girls, Dalani reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 8.8% percentile (ranked #864) with 50 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 50 births per million (ranked 8.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Dalani is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #864 (8.8% percentile) with 50 births per million.
For boys, Dalani reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #910) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). Currently, Dalani is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #910 (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dalani".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Dalani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.6% confident that Dalani is pronounced as duh-LAH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duh-LA-nee, at 11.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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