Kailani Girl
How popular is Kailani?
#253 girl name in 2025
1,215 baby girls were named Kailani in the US in 2025, making it the 253rd most popular girl name.
Kailani popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #253 for girls (▲ 23 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,215 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+283% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #877 in 2015, #282 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (1,350 girls) |
| Highest rank | #222 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1980 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.9% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kailani counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kailani family of names ranked #55 for girls in 2025 (#63 the year before), with 4,877 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kailani | 1,215 | 25% |
| Kaylani | 1,675 | 34% |
| Kalani | 800 | 16% |
| Kahlani | 306 | 6% |
| Kailany | 511 | 10% |
| Kaylanie | 52 | 1% |
| Calani | 66 | 1% |
| Kaylanni | 29 | 1% |
| Caylani | 27 | 1% |
| Kaylahni | 19 | 0% |
| Kalahni | 12 | 0% |
| Cailani | 24 | 0% |
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 Kailani is most popular
Babies named Kailani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 8.3 per 1,000 (95 girls)
- New Mexico: 2.1 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Delaware: 1.9 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Nevada: 1.7 per 1,000 (78 girls)
- Mississippi: 1.6 per 1,000 (74 girls)
Kailani by decade
Girl names about as popular as Kailani
Questions
- Is Kailani a boy or girl name?
- Kailani is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kailani were girls.
- How popular is the name Kailani?
- 1,215 baby girls were named Kailani in the US in 2025, making it the 253rd most popular girl name.
- When was Kailani most popular?
- Kailani peaked in 2022, when 1,350 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #222 in 2022.
- How many people are named Kailani?
- 12,823 babies have been named Kailani in the US since 1880. We estimate about 12,770 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Kailani most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kailani was most common in Hawaii, at 8.3 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.