Kalani

#387 for girls in 2025, 800 births · #4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births
Given to girls 82.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
2021 · 959 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,278
since 1963

Kalani over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #1,724, 2006girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#387800#4,70721
2024#339921#3,27236
2023#378814#3,47433
2022#375843#3,21637
2021#339959#2,81944
2020#397784#2,80643
2019#469668#3,10338
2018#583527#2,79643
2017#544568#2,29557
2016#675433#1,90377
2015#838334#2,30057
2014#1,072239#2,15463
2013#1,371170#1,82778
2012#1,307180#1,84979
2011#1,434158#1,86675
2010#1,678126#1,98669
2009#1,414166#1,76286
2008#1,949108#2,06267
2007#1,784120#2,01669
2006#1,597134#1,72481
2005#1,741113#1,94365
2004#1,436143#1,85766
2003#1,755107#1,90661
2002#1,91592#1,77265
2001#2,06481#1,89358
2000#2,27768#1,96852
1999#2,28365#1,99548
1998#2,92944#2,27439
1997#2,59049#2,98125
1996#3,09338#2,67928
1995#2,78843#2,68527
1994#3,23435#2,39232
1993#3,77628#2,45530
1992#5,05119#2,59927
1991#5,18118#2,75324
1990#3,62329#2,48827
1989#4,12123#2,06834
1988#3,22530#2,86019
1987#4,85716#2,55921
1986#4,53917#2,36023
1985#5,07714#2,22624
1984#5,89911#2,43720
1983#5,45712#3,41112
1982#5,53412#2,70917
1981#4,34417#2,49619
1980#4,74315#2,28422
1979#6,18910#3,01814
1978#6,9488#2,37519
1977#4,65214#1,85827
1976#6,0489#2,24520
1975#7,1737#2,00123
1974#8,7755#2,45916
1973—#2,71613
1972#7,2926#3,6228
1971#6,6197#2,68613
1970#7,9955—
1969—#3,3148
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1967—#2,7609
1966—#3,9485
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1963#4,01911#2,8589
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1960—#4,0385
1959—#3,9885
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First appearance
1963

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 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedNHWashington: #931 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,224 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #667 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,495 girlsMNIllinois: #918 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,321 girlsILWisconsin: #680 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,325 girlsWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedMINew York: #885 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,073 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedIAIndiana: #941 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,105 girlsINOhio: #1,276 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,797 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,120 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,542 girlsPANew Jersey: #856 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,645 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #903 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 5,550 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedUTColorado: #530 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,339 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedWVVirginia: #672 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,407 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedDEArizona: #957 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,150 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedNMKansas: #615 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,605 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedARTennessee: #745 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,894 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #896 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,045 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #572 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,625 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #572 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,405 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedMSAlabama: #686 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,279 girlsALGeorgia: #303 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,353 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kalani, so not publishedHITexas: #1,143 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 7,377 girlsTXFlorida: #362 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 1,754 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Georgia#303 · 1 in 1,353
  2. Florida#362 · 1 in 1,754
  3. Colorado#530 · 1 in 2,339
  4. Oklahoma#572 · 1 in 2,405
  5. South Carolina#572 · 1 in 2,625

Best ever in a state: #76 in Louisiana, 2024.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Georgia#303361 in 1,353
Florida#362491 in 1,754
Colorado#530101 in 2,339
Oklahoma#57271 in 2,405
South Carolina#57271 in 2,625
Kansas#61551 in 2,605
Minnesota#66771 in 3,495
Virginia#672111 in 3,407
Wisconsin#68071 in 3,325
Alabama#68661 in 3,279
Tennessee#74581 in 3,894
New Jersey#85681 in 4,645
New York#885181 in 5,073
North Carolina#89691 in 5,045
California#903371 in 5,550
Illinois#918111 in 5,321
Washington#93161 in 5,224
Indiana#94161 in 5,105
Arizona#95761 in 5,150
Pennsylvania#1,12071 in 7,542
Texas#1,143231 in 7,377
Ohio#1,27661 in 8,797
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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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
58 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1963
  • Peaked 2021 at #339 (959 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2015–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,711
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 49.8% of all girls named Kalani (5,121) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1994
  • Mostly boys until 1993, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s16#4,019 (1963)#5,393
1970s71#4,652 (1977)#6,855
1980s167#3,225 (1988)#4,780
1990s368#2,283 (1999)#3,455
2000s1,132#1,414 (2009)#1,793
2010s3,403#469 (2019)#997
2020s5,121#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 2015

girls
#838
334 births · 1 in 5,345 girls
boys
#2,300
57 births · 1 in 33,627 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #838Kalani334

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #2,300Kalani57
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 5,345 of them was named Kalani, which outranked 95.6% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kalani
  1. #835Aryana336
  2. #835Briar336
  3. #837Lizbeth335
  4. #838Kalani334
  5. #838Holland334
  6. #838Marisol334
  7. #838Micah334
  8. #842Harlee333
  9. #842Remy333
  10. #844Joyce332

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 33,627 of them was named Kalani, which outranked 83.6% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kalani
  1. #2,276Thane58
  2. #2,276Xavian58
  3. #2,276Ziyad58
  4. #2,300Kalani57
  5. #2,300Abhinav57
  6. #2,300Alain57
  7. #2,300Amadou57
  8. #2,328Abdallah56
  9. #2,328Adair56
  10. #2,328Coltin56

Tied with 27 names at #2,300; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2015 →