Kelani Girl
How popular is Kelani?
#1,540 girl name in 2025
137 baby girls were named Kelani in the US in 2025, making it the 1540th most popular girl name.
Kelani popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,540 for girls (▼ 182 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 137 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+261% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,914 in 2015, #1,246 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2020 (182 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,246 in 2020 |
| First recorded | 1976 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 3% boys, 97% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kelani counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kehlani family of names ranked #152 for girls in 2025 (#153 the year before), with 2,204 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kehlani | 1,981 | 90% |
| Kelani | 137 | 6% |
| Kehlany | 34 | 2% |
| Kelahni | 15 | 1% |
| Kealani | 13 | 1% |
| Kehlanie | 10 | 0% |
| Kelany | 8 | 0% |
| Kelanie | 6 | 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 Kelani is most popular
Babies named Kelani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.6 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.4 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- Alabama: 0.3 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Georgia: 0.3 per 1,000 (62 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.3 per 1,000 (24 girls)
Kelani by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 | #9,282 |
| 1980s | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1990s | 69 | #7,036 |
| 2000s | 154 | #6,240 |
| 2010s | 526 | #1,687 |
| 2020s | 940 | #1,246 |
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Questions
- Is Kelani a boy or girl name?
- Kelani is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Kelani were girls.
- How popular is the name Kelani?
- 137 baby girls were named Kelani in the US in 2025, making it the 1540th most popular girl name.
- When was Kelani most popular?
- Kelani peaked in 2020, when 182 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,246 in 2020.
- How many people are named Kelani?
- 1,774 babies have been named Kelani in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,766 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Kelani most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kelani was most common in Mississippi, at 0.6 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.