girls:
1.9k births since 1986
#3899 (32nd percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1986
#5859 (24th percentile)
The name Elani is the #5,859 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,903 recorded births since 1986. This represents the 24.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,899 (31.8% percentile) for all time with 1,903 births since 1986.
Elani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1986 (first recorded for girls in 1986). Birth data for Elani is available in 34 out of the 38 years between 1986 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Elani reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 22.0% percentile (ranked #747) with 120 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 120 births per million (ranked 22.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1999, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Elani ranks #762 for girls (19.6% percentile) with 109 births per million, which is 90.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Elani".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Elani", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 19 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Eleni" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Eleni..
Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Elani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 32.4% confident that Elani is pronounced as ee-LAH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ih-LAH-nee, at 26.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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