Lani

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lani: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #916 in 2005, and it stood at #2,000 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#916highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#1958
1998	#1076
1999	#1473
2000	#1250
2001	#1870
2002	#1192
2003	#933
2004	#1012
2005	#916
2006	#1052
2007	#919
2008	#937
2009	#1209
2010	#1731
2011	#1438
2012	#1649
2013	#2649
2014	#1966
2015	#1601
2016	#2008
2017	#2090
2018	#1436
2019	#1095
2020	#1939
2021	#1505
2022	#1767
2023	#1575
2024	#2000

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #916 among girls in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lani 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 Lani in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	44	4 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	239	10 of 10	24
2010s	177	10 of 10	18
2020s	83	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 24 births a year.

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

Lani 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #916 in England and Wales in 2005.

Lani'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	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1575	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1939	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1095	31	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1436	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2008	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1601	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1966	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1438	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1731	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1209	25	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#937	34	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#919	33	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1052	26	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#916	30	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1012	24	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#933	26	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1192	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1250	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1076	19	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #916, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,000position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
34births registered in its largest year, 200825 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.

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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.

Shazia · #916, 25y
Daya · #918, 27y
Shaye · #914, 29y
T-Jay · #914, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Shazia · #916, 25y
Daya · #918, 27y
Inayat · #918, 20y
Shaye · #914, 29y

Lani was ranked #916 in England and Wales · Girls in 2005. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lani 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 Lani without appearing here.

Lani moved ahead of

Yvonne Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1436 and #5666.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1436 and #4684.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2649 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1966 and #4684.
Jayden Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1731 and #1731 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1438 and #3549.

Moved ahead of Lani

Ezra Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1095 and #1119 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1939 and #1164.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1095 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1939 and #1313.
Frida Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1209 and #1526 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1731 and #1218.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1966 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1601 and #1240.

Moved the opposite way to Lani

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Lani went from #2683 to #1575 while Kristin went from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Lani went from #2683 to #1575 while Therese went from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Lani went from #2683 to #1575 while Tracey went from #783 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Lani went from #2683 to #1505 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.

Moved the same way as Lani

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Lani went from #1076 to #1575 and Josefine from #3848 to #5687.
Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lani went from #1250 to #2000 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lani went from #1192 to #2000 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #916 in England and Wales in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lani

Lani at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Lani at a glance

Lani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lani appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Lani and the names beside it

Lani moved ahead of

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