Alani

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Alani: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Alani: Recorded since 2003, it reached #1,195 in 2021, and it stood at #2,574 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#1195highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#4373
2004	#2530
2005	#1690
2006	#2781
2007	#4294
2008	#4524
2010	#3156
2011	#4049
2012	#3285
2013	#2887
2014	#3514
2015	#3252
2016	#2547
2017	#2502
2018	#3178
2019	#1497
2020	#1846
2021	#1195
2022	#2058
2023	#2063
2024	#2574

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 21 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #4373 among girls in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #1195 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Alani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Alani in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	38	6 of 10	6
2010s	87	10 of 10	9
2020sbusiest	79	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Alani appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1195 in England and Wales in 2021.

Alani's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1195	28	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1846	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1497	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2003 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,195, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
15 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,574position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
28births registered in its largest year, 202125 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Rehana · #1195, 25y
Japji · #1198, 17y
Meher · #1198, 22y
Ruhaan · #1192, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Hurain · #1198, 13y
Japji · #1198, 17y
Ruhaan · #1192, 16y
Kaizen · #1199, 10y

Alani and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Alani without appearing here.

Alani moved ahead of

Finley Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3178 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1497 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3178 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1497 and #5591.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Alani

Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4049 and #2893.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #1743.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1195 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2058 and #1452.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1497 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1846 and #1313.

Moved the opposite way to Alani

Abigail Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alani went from #4373 to #2574 while Abigail went from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alani went from #4373 to #2574 while Aimee went from #51 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alani went from #4373 to #2574 while Aisling went from #637 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alani went from #4373 to #2574 while Alex went from #230 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Alani

Ada Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alani went from #4373 to #2574 and Ada from #1628 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alani went from #4373 to #2574 and Alma from #2727 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alani went from #4373 to #2574 and Amelia from #21 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alani went from #4373 to #2574 and Aria from #1472 to #35.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1195 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alani

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Popularity journey

Alani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Alani at a glance

Alani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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