girls:
571 births since 1996
#5145 (10th percentile)
overall:
571 births since 1996
#7168 (7th percentile)
The name Mailani is the #7,168 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 571 recorded births since 1996. This represents the 7.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,145 (10.0% percentile) for all time with 571 births since 1996.
Mailani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1996 (first recorded for girls in 1996). Birth data for Mailani is available in 25 out of the 28 years between 1996 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, Mailani reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 9.8% percentile (ranked #854) with 56 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 56 births per million (ranked 9.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2006, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Mailani is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #854 (9.8% percentile) with 56 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mailani".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Mailani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 43.2% confident that Mailani is pronounced as mai-LAH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mai-LUH-nee, at 18.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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