How many Daelanis are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 100 people named Daelani are estimated to be alive in the US today.

How popular is the name Daelani in 2025?

Daelani ranks #4987 among US girl names in 2025, with 26 babies given the name.

How rare is the name Daelani?

About 1 in every 61,818 US girls born in 2025 was named Daelani — 26 in all.

Will my child share the name Daelani with classmates?

Daelani will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Daelani

Feminine

#4987 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year

rare26 girls in 2025

Daelani entered the US charts in 2012 and is at its record high, #4987 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Daelani?

Daelani first appears in US birth records in 2012 — 13 years ago. Daelani is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Daelanis are still in diapers. About 100 people named Daelani are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Daelani most popular?

Daelani peaked in 2025, reaching #4987 nationally. Today it ranks #4987, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.

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What the data says

146 years of official birth records

The long climb, and where it stands now

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded: 2012
Most girls named: 202526 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #4987reached in 2025
Change vs 2024: +13.0%26 in 2025, from 23

Daelani sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2025, with 26 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Daelani in other languages

Strongest US states over the last decade: Ohio.

Daelanis among us

100

people named Daelani are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 61,818 born in 2025 was named Daelani

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Is it right for you

What happens to a name after it peaks

The Elisabetta test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Daelani's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Elisabetta climbed just as high around 1967, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Elisabetta's path sketches the road Daelani is walking now.

40%chance Daelani will feel “very 2020s” by 2040

Daelani, aligned on its peakElisabetta· peak 1967not yet written

Daelani today is about where Elisabetta stood in 1967 — in its own peak year. By 1982, Elisabetta had settled around #8191.

Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Daelani sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Daelani is headed

Daelani is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 85% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.

Rising+85% by 2030projected around #3,347 in 2030

Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Daelani beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Daelani in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Daelanithis name26#4987Perri26#4987Giannina26#4987Karisma26#4987Zuleyka26#4987

US girls given each name in 2025.

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How many Daelanis are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 100 people named Daelani are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Daelani in 2025?: Daelani ranks #4987 among US girl names in 2025, with 26 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Daelani?: About 1 in every 61,818 US girls born in 2025 was named Daelani — 26 in all.
Will my child share the name Daelani with classmates?: Daelani will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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