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Hanalei

#9,076 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Home + king, through Hanalē

Hanalei has been given to 288 babies in the U.S. since 2000. In 2025 it ranked #9,076 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 23 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% girls, 6% boys all-time.

Babies named Hanalei, 2025

1 in 301,000

Hanalei over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Hanalei over time

In 2025, Hanalei went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

20002025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Hanalei: meaning, origin, and history

Home + king, through Hanalē

Hawaiian

What Hanalei means

Hanalei belongs to the name family reached through Hanalei → Hanalē → Henry → *Haimarīks. Its meaning is “home + king”.

Origin, language, and formation

Hanalei is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include Hawaiian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Hanalē, Henry and *Haimarīks.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Hanalei is pronounced /ˌha.naˈlei̯/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 272 girls were recorded with the name Hanalei between 2000 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 23 in 2019; its best national rank was #5,498 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,031 in 2020 to #9,076 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,710 in 2015 to #9,076 in 2025.

In the United States, 16 boys were recorded with the name Hanalei between 2017 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2024; its best national rank was #11,413 in 2024.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Hanalei?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 146,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#9,076
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Hanalei sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hanalei. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hanaleis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hanalei was born before 2017 — so the typical Hanalei is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
51.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
97.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
272
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 51.8% of all recorded uses (141).

Is Hanalei rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+2,386
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,045
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+634
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
47.8%
Peak was 2019 (23)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
42.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,498
2019

Spellings of Hanalei

Hanalei is not the most common spelling — Anali is, with 29.3% against Hanalei's 3.5%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Hanalei is used

Across 1910–2025, Hanalei was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 323,032 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Hanalei has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Hanalei around the world

Where Hanalei ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • France
    2012–2025
    #5,635
    in 2025

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Hanalei by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,076
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,045
Best rank ever
#5,498
2019
Peak year
2019
23 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
272
Count in 2025
11

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#11,413
2024
Peak year
2024
6 that year
First recorded
2017
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
16
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Hanalei

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Hanalei

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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