Noelani

#1,842 in 2025Girls' name

Mist + sky

Noelani has been given to 3,661 babies in the U.S. since 1958. In 2025 it ranked #1,842 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 146 recorded.

Babies named Noelani, 2025

1 in 30,400

Noelani over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Noelani: meaning, origin, and history

Mist + sky

Hawaiian

What Noelani means

Noelani means “mist + sky”, associated with noe and lani.

Origin, language, and formation

Noelani is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include Hawaiian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Noelani is pronounced /no.eˈla.ni/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,661 girls were recorded with the name Noelani between 1958 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 146 in 2006; its best national rank was #1,512 in 2005.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,804 in 2020 to #1,842 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,370 in 2015 to #1,842 in 2025.

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 Noelani?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 30,400; 109 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 14,700; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #1,842; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 21,083 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Noelani 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 21,083 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Noelani. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Noelanis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Noelani was born before 2009 — so the typical Noelani is around 16 today.

Median birth year: 2009; About 16 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 30.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 76.9%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 3,661; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 30.0% of all recorded uses (1,098).

Is Noelani 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: −187; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −38; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +528; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.40×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 74.7%; Peak was 2006 (146)
Years since peak: 19; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 12.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,512; 2005

Spellings of Noelani

Noelani is not the most common spelling — Nalani is, with 23.0% against Noelani's 10.6%.

Nalani23.0%7,954
Melani17.1%5,912
Noelani10.6%3,661
Elani7.2%2,485
Delani6.0%2,068
Kelani4.9%1,708
Kaelani3.8%1,315
Naylani3.5%1,206

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 Noelani is used

Across 2016–2025, Noelani was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 990 girls, against 1 in 14,763 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 50,000).

2101 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Hawaii1 in 990
2California1 in 8,333
3Arizona1 in 11,111
4Georgia1 in 12,500
5Florida1 in 14,286
6Texas1 in 14,286
7Washington1 in 16,667
8Nevada1 in 20,000

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.

Noelani around the world

Where Noelani 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.

England & Wales
2006–2018
#5,666
in 2018
France
2005–2005
#6,054
in 2005
South Australia
1992–2007
#803
in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Noelani

People whose public names include Noelani, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

Noelani Malia DaySwimmer
b. 2003

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Noelani in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Noelani. Linked forms have their own page here.

Noela Noelia

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Noelani by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #1,842
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 38
Best rank ever: #1,512; 2005
Peak year: 2006; 146 that year
First recorded: 1958
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 3,661
Count in 2025: 109

Names similar to Noelani

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

Noella Jaylani Meilani Laylani Noelia Shivani Khalani Lailani Leylani Keilani Kahlani Stefani Estefani Noemy Aylani Kaelani Naylani Kaylani Noemie Melani Kailani Maylani Delani Jermani

Names with a curve like Noelani

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Noelani, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

Tahlia Taliah Camden Yaneli Kalina Kalea Marli Karolina Faigy Rania Isha Jael

Sibling names for Noelani

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

For a sister

Estefany Sanaa Iyanna Elana Lanie Marin Yoselin Karmen

For a brother

Ean Paulo Aditya Aydan Jamarion Marcelino Kamron Braulio

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