Kaylani

Peak · girls
2025 · 1,675 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
11,877
since 1987

Kaylani over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kaylani has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19801990200020102020girlsat peak
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1851,675
2024#2391,305
2023#2461,250
2022#2521,222
2021#2811,126
2020#340912
2019#410763
2018#485648
2017#674435
2016#760375
2015#1,054250
2014#1,195204
2013#1,371170
2012#1,334176
2011#1,266188
2010#1,431160
2009#1,538147
2008#1,461161
2007#1,734125
2006#1,939103
2005#2,10688
2004#2,71160
2003#2,73757
2002#2,88851
2001#3,19843
2000#3,98331
1999#5,42419
1998#5,36319
1997#7,74211
1996#5,53117
1995#7,51411
1994#8,8049
1993#11,7806
1992#11,7386
1991#5,00419
1990#8,5019
1989#6,95511
1988#7,6919
1987#9,8256
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First appearance
1987

The first year at least five girls were named Kaylani! It came in at #9,825, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1987–1988, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

Where Kaylani is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylani, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylani, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylani, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylani, so not publishedNHWashington: #220 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 875 girlsWAIdaho: #277 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 896 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylani, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylani, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #377 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,534 girlsMNIllinois: #179 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 806 girlsILWisconsin: #195 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 724 girlsWIMichigan: #253 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 993 girlsMINew York: #152 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 739 girlsNYMassachusetts: #190 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 829 girlsMARhode Island: #91 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 272 girlsRIOregon: #298 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,088 girlsORNevada: #85 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 383 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylani, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylani, so not publishedSDIowa: #565 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,354 girlsIAIndiana: #234 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 930 girlsINOhio: #316 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,351 girlsOHPennsylvania: #259 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 1,112 girlsPANew Jersey: #163 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 724 girlsNJConnecticut: #175 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 639 girlsCTCalifornia: #146 for girls · 207 births · 1 in 781 girlsCAUtah: #490 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,135 girlsUTColorado: #288 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,111 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylani, so not publishedNEMissouri: #386 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,620 girlsMOKentucky: #275 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,078 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylani, so not publishedWVVirginia: #200 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 823 girlsVAMaryland: #225 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 869 girlsMDDelaware: #98 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 282 girlsDEArizona: #130 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 588 girlsAZNew Mexico: #111 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 389 girlsNMKansas: #201 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 738 girlsKSArkansas: #250 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 883 girlsARTennessee: #204 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 844 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #110 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 522 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #120 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 508 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #150 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 404 girlsDCOklahoma: #225 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 869 girlsOKLouisiana: #170 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 682 girlsLAMississippi: #107 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 424 girlsMSAlabama: #221 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 872 girlsALGeorgia: #132 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 603 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylani, so not publishedHITexas: #140 for girls · 226 births · 1 in 710 girlsTXFlorida: #113 for girls · 150 births · 1 in 578 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#85 · 1 in 383
  2. Rhode Island#91 · 1 in 272
  3. Delaware#98 · 1 in 282
  4. Mississippi#107 · 1 in 424
  5. North Carolina#110 · 1 in 522

Best ever in a state: #72 in New Mexico, 2021.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#85241 in 383
Rhode Island#9191 in 272
Delaware#9881 in 282
Mississippi#107211 in 424
North Carolina#110891 in 522
New Mexico#111121 in 389
Florida#1131501 in 578
South Carolina#120361 in 508
Arizona#130481 in 588
Georgia#132751 in 603
Texas#1402261 in 710
California#1462071 in 781
District of Columbia#15051 in 404
New York#1521061 in 739
New Jersey#163491 in 724
Louisiana#170241 in 682
Connecticut#175181 in 639
Illinois#179551 in 806
Massachusetts#190291 in 829
Wisconsin#195281 in 724
Virginia#200411 in 823
Kansas#201161 in 738
Tennessee#204381 in 844
Washington#220331 in 875
Alabama#221211 in 872
Maryland#225231 in 869
Oklahoma#225171 in 869
Indiana#234301 in 930
Arkansas#250121 in 883
Michigan#253361 in 993
Pennsylvania#259421 in 1,112
Kentucky#275161 in 1,078
Idaho#27781 in 896
Colorado#288211 in 1,111
Oregon#298121 in 1,088
Ohio#316351 in 1,351
Minnesota#377141 in 1,534
Missouri#386151 in 1,620
Utah#49081 in 2,135
Iowa#56551 in 2,354
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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.

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See more about Kaylani
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 155 spots since 2020 (#340 → #185)
  • Biggest jump: 294 spots in 2016
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1987
  • Peaked 2025 at #185 (1,675 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 960
  • Highest: 1 in 960 girls born in 2025 were named Kaylani (0.10%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 63.1% of all girls named Kaylani (7,490) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s26#6,955 (1989)#8,157
1990s126#5,004 (1991)#7,740
2000s866#1,461 (2008)#2,430
2010s3,369#410 (2019)#998
2020s7,490#185 (2025)#257

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.

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