Kaelani Girl
How popular is Kaelani?
#1,818 girl name in 2025
110 baby girls were named Kaelani in the US in 2025, making it the 1818th most popular girl name.
Kaelani popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,818 for girls (▼ 39 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 110 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+150% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,533 in 2015, #1,781 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (132 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,586 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1988 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kaelani counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kaelani family of names ranked #1,326 for girls in 2025 (#1,445 the year before), with 130 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kaelani | 110 | 85% |
| Kaelany | 7 | 5% |
| Kaelahni | 6 | 5% |
| Kaelanie | 7 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kaelani is most popular
Babies named Kaelani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (52 girls)
- Nevada: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Arizona: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (64 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
Kaelani by decade
Girl names about as popular as Kaelani
Questions
- Is Kaelani a boy or girl name?
- Kaelani is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kaelani were girls.
- How popular is the name Kaelani?
- 110 baby girls were named Kaelani in the US in 2025, making it the 1818th most popular girl name.
- When was Kaelani most popular?
- Kaelani peaked in 2023, when 132 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,586 in 2023.
- How many people are named Kaelani?
- 1,315 babies have been named Kaelani in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,309 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Kaelani most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kaelani was most common in Florida, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.