Kalani Girl
How popular is Kalani?
#387 girl name in 2025
800 baby girls were named Kalani in the US in 2025, making it the 387th most popular girl name. Another 21 boys got the name (#4,706 for boys).
Kalani popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #387 for girls (▼ 48 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 800 girls, 21 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+140% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #838 in 2015, #397 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (959 girls) |
| Highest rank | #339 in 2021 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1963 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 6% boys, 94% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kalani 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.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Kalani is most popular
Babies named Kalani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 2.5 per 1,000 (116 girls)
- Louisiana: 2.0 per 1,000 (175 girls)
- South Carolina: 1.7 per 1,000 (152 girls)
- Alabama: 1.6 per 1,000 (147 girls)
- Georgia: 1.5 per 1,000 (336 girls)
Kalani by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16 | #4,018 |
| 1970s | 71 | #4,651 |
| 1980s | 167 | #3,220 |
| 1990s | 368 | #2,280 |
| 2000s | 1,132 | #1,414 |
| 2010s | 3,403 | #469 |
| 2020s | 5,121 | #339 |
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Questions
- Is Kalani a boy or girl name?
- Kalani is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 94% of babies named Kalani were girls.
- How popular is the name Kalani?
- 800 baby girls were named Kalani in the US in 2025, making it the 387th most popular girl name. Another 21 boys got the name (#4,706 for boys).
- When was Kalani most popular?
- Kalani peaked in 2021, when 959 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #339, held for 2 years starting in 2021.
- How many people are named Kalani?
- 12,515 babies have been named Kalani in the US since 1880. We estimate about 12,403 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Kalani most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kalani was most common in Mississippi, at 2.5 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.