Kalani

girls’ name · 81%boys’ name · 19%At its peak · modern nameCompare

Kalani is ranked 339th among girls in 2024 (917 births). Its best rank was 339th, in 2021, 2024.

Rank in 2024: #339up 41 from 2023
Births in 2024: 9170.06% of girls
Peak year: 2021959 births
Best rank: #339first in 2021
Since 1963: 11,687people given the name

Babies named Kalani, by year of birthgirlsboys

The story in the numbers

9,471 girls have been named Kalani in the United States since 1963, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 959 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 46%. It has spent 10 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Kalani is used for both sexes: 19% of its bearers are boys (2,216), most of them born around 2009.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Kalani
1960s	16
1970s	71
1980s	167
1990s	368
2000s	1,132
2010s	3,401
2020s	4,316

In 2021, its biggest year

Kalani was the 339th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2021 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Ava. See all of 2021.

Names that rose and fell with Kalani

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.