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Airalani vs Airiana

American parents have registered 577 Airianas since 1880, against 30 Airalanis. But in 2025 it was Airalani that was commoner, 30 babies to 5.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Airalani against Airiana, 1880 to 2025 0 13 25 38 50 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Airalani Airiana

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 27 years in which either name was published, Airiana for 26 years and Airalani for 1 year. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Airalani Airiana
Total US births 30577
Most in one year 3050
Babies in 2025 305
Estimated living today 30570
Median age today 018
Peak year 20252007
Best rank 4,546th girls3,329th girls
Rank in 2025 4,546th14,942nd
First recorded 20251995
Girls / boys 30 / 0577 / 0

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Airianas alive today are over 18; half the Airalanis have not had a first birthday. That is 18 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Airalani and Airiana.