Calani Girl

How popular is Calani?

#2,607 girl name in 2025

66 baby girls were named Calani in the US in 2025, making it the 2607th most popular girl name.

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435living people named Calani (est.)
4median age of people named Calani
436babies named Calani since 1880
1 in 50,232US babies born in 2025

Calani popularity over time

04080 18801900192019401960198020002020
Rank in 2025#2,607 for girls (▲ 323 from 2024)
Babies in 202566 girls
10-year trendRising fast (+371% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#8,004 in 2015, #3,914 in 2020
Peak year2022 (72 girls)
Highest rank#2,490 in 2022
First recorded2013
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Calani counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kailani family of names ranked #55 for girls in 2025 (#63 the year before), with 4,877 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Kailani 1,215 25%
Kaylani 1,675 34%
Kalani 800 16%
Kahlani 306 6%
Kailany 511 10%
Kaylanie 52 1%
Calani 66 1%
Kaylanni 29 1%
Caylani 27 1%
Kaylahni 19 0%
Kalahni 12 0%
Cailani 24 0%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Calani is most popular

Babies named Calani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Mississippi: 0.2 per 1,000 (10 girls)
  2. Louisiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
  3. Arkansas: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
  4. Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (31 girls)
  5. Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 girls)

Calani by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
2010s100#4,908
2020s336#2,490

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Questions

Is Calani a boy or girl name?
Calani is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Calani were girls.
How popular is the name Calani?
66 baby girls were named Calani in the US in 2025, making it the 2607th most popular girl name.
When was Calani most popular?
Calani peaked in 2022, when 72 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,490 in 2022.
How many people are named Calani?
436 babies have been named Calani in the US since 1880. We estimate about 435 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 4.
Where is Calani most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Calani was most common in Mississippi, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.