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 2014
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maryland#527 · 1 in 2,431
- Kansas#529 · 1 in 2,161
- Georgia#547 · 1 in 2,678
- New Jersey#594 · 1 in 3,092
- North Carolina#626 · 1 in 3,223
Best ever in a state: #76 in Louisiana, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #527 | 10 | 1 in 2,431 |
| Kansas | #529 | 6 | 1 in 2,161 |
| Georgia | #547 | 18 | 1 in 2,678 |
| New Jersey | #594 | 12 | 1 in 3,092 |
| North Carolina | #626 | 14 | 1 in 3,223 |
| Florida | #633 | 25 | 1 in 3,349 |
| Virginia | #655 | 11 | 1 in 3,392 |
| Tennessee | #750 | 8 | 1 in 3,889 |
| Colorado | #783 | 6 | 1 in 3,874 |
| California | #979 | 34 | 1 in 6,167 |
| Arizona | #987 | 6 | 1 in 5,284 |
| Ohio | #1,143 | 7 | 1 in 7,563 |
| Texas | #1,471 | 16 | 1 in 10,423 |
| New York | #1,755 | 7 | 1 in 13,207 |
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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 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
Top boys' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 7,474 of them was named Kalani, which outranked 94.4% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,068Bree240
- #1,068Caydence240
- #1,068Dalilah240
- #1,072Kalani239
- #1,072Kaylen239
- #1,074Berkley238
- #1,074Campbell238
- #1,074Ellis238
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 30,490 of them was named Kalani, which outranked 84.7% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,138Rayshawn64
- #2,138Robinson64
- #2,138Treyton64
- #2,154Kalani63
- #2,154Ahmari63
- #2,154Arley63
- #2,154Bjorn63
- #2,175Aris62
- #2,175Avan62
- #2,175Caelan62
Tied with 20 names at #2,154; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.