Kalani
#387 for girls in 2025, 800 births · #4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births
Given to girls 82.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2021 · 959 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,278since 1963
Kalani over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #387 | 800 | #4,707 | 21 |
| 2024 | #339 | 921 | #3,272 | 36 |
| 2023 | #378 | 814 | #3,474 | 33 |
| 2022 | #375 | 843 | #3,216 | 37 |
| 2021 | #339 | 959 | #2,819 | 44 |
| 2020 | #397 | 784 | #2,806 | 43 |
| 2019 | #469 | 668 | #3,103 | 38 |
| 2018 | #583 | 527 | #2,796 | 43 |
| 2017 | #544 | 568 | #2,295 | 57 |
| 2016 | #675 | 433 | #1,903 | 77 |
| 2015 | #838 | 334 | #2,300 | 57 |
| 2014 | #1,072 | 239 | #2,154 | 63 |
| 2013 | #1,371 | 170 | #1,827 | 78 |
| 2012 | #1,307 | 180 | #1,849 | 79 |
| 2011 | #1,434 | 158 | #1,866 | 75 |
| 2010 | #1,678 | 126 | #1,986 | 69 |
| 2009 | #1,414 | 166 | #1,762 | 86 |
| 2008 | #1,949 | 108 | #2,062 | 67 |
| 2007 | #1,784 | 120 | #2,016 | 69 |
| 2006 | #1,597 | 134 | #1,724 | 81 |
| 2005 | #1,741 | 113 | #1,943 | 65 |
| 2004 | #1,436 | 143 | #1,857 | 66 |
| 2003 | #1,755 | 107 | #1,906 | 61 |
| 2002 | #1,915 | 92 | #1,772 | 65 |
| 2001 | #2,064 | 81 | #1,893 | 58 |
| 2000 | #2,277 | 68 | #1,968 | 52 |
| 1999 | #2,283 | 65 | #1,995 | 48 |
| 1998 | #2,929 | 44 | #2,274 | 39 |
| 1997 | #2,590 | 49 | #2,981 | 25 |
| 1996 | #3,093 | 38 | #2,679 | 28 |
| 1995 | #2,788 | 43 | #2,685 | 27 |
| 1994 | #3,234 | 35 | #2,392 | 32 |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 | #2,455 | 30 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | #2,599 | 27 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 | #2,753 | 24 |
| 1990 | #3,623 | 29 | #2,488 | 27 |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 | #2,068 | 34 |
| 1988 | #3,225 | 30 | #2,860 | 19 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | #2,559 | 21 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | #2,360 | 23 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | #2,226 | 24 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #2,437 | 20 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | #2,496 | 19 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 | #2,284 | 22 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #1,858 | 27 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #2,001 | 23 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #2,459 | 16 |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
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| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #2,858 | 9 |
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| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kalani! It came in at #4,019, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1964–1970, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kalani is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Hawaii#241 · 1 in 675
- Arizona#705 · 1 in 3,441
- North Carolina#716 · 1 in 3,663
- Florida#845 · 1 in 4,977
- California#872 · 1 in 5,361
Best ever in a state: #76 in Louisiana, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #241 | 5 | 1 in 675 |
| Arizona | #705 | 9 | 1 in 3,441 |
| North Carolina | #716 | 12 | 1 in 3,663 |
| Florida | #845 | 16 | 1 in 4,977 |
| California | #872 | 39 | 1 in 5,361 |
| Virginia | #899 | 7 | 1 in 5,198 |
| Washington | #929 | 6 | 1 in 5,075 |
| Georgia | #1,153 | 7 | 1 in 6,759 |
| New Jersey | #1,170 | 5 | 1 in 7,303 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,391 | 5 | 1 in 10,551 |
| New York | #1,756 | 7 | 1 in 13,182 |
| Texas | #1,847 | 11 | 1 in 14,392 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kalani
- 48 spots since 2024 (#339 → #387)
- 10 spots since 2020 (#397 → #387)
- 451 spots since 2015 (#838 → #387)
- Biggest jump: 234 spots in 2015 (#1,072 → #838)
- Biggest drop: 48 spots in 2025 (#339 → #387)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 2021 at #339 (959 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2015–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,711 girls born in 2021 were named Kalani (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,009 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 49.8% of all girls named Kalani (5,121) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1993, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16 | #4,019 (1963) | #5,393 |
| 1970s | 71 | #4,652 (1977) | #6,855 |
| 1980s | 167 | #3,225 (1988) | #4,780 |
| 1990s | 368 | #2,283 (1999) | #3,455 |
| 2000s | 1,132 | #1,414 (2009) | #1,793 |
| 2010s | 3,403 | #469 (2019) | #997 |
| 2020s | 5,121 | #339 (2021) | #369 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kalani in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 9,784 of them was named Kalani, which outranked 93.3% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,302Elana181
- #1,302Jazelle181
- #1,302Priya181
- #1,307Kalani180
- #1,307Colbie180
- #1,307Kaycee180
- #1,307Kianna180
- #1,315Alexus179
- #1,315Ariyana179
- #1,315Henley179
Tied with 7 names at #1,307; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 24,012 of them was named Kalani, which outranked 87.0% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,832Seven80
- #1,832Tylen80
- #1,832Yousif80
- #1,849Kalani79
- #1,849Bear79
- #1,849Daron79
- #1,849Jahlil79
- #1,863Broden78
- #1,863Darrien78
- #1,863Dave78
Tied with 13 names at #1,849; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.