Kaylani Girl
How popular is Kaylani?
#185 girl name in 2025
1,675 baby girls were named Kaylani in the US in 2025, making it the 185th most popular girl name.
Kaylani popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #185 for girls (▲ 54 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,675 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+570% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,054 in 2015, #340 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,675 girls) |
| Highest rank | #185 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1987 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kaylani 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 Kaylani is most popular
Babies named Kaylani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Rhode Island: 2.6 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- New Mexico: 2.1 per 1,000 (50 girls)
- Mississippi: 1.6 per 1,000 (73 girls)
- Connecticut: 1.5 per 1,000 (87 girls)
- Nevada: 1.5 per 1,000 (68 girls)
Kaylani by decade
Girl names about as popular as Kaylani
Questions
- Is Kaylani a boy or girl name?
- Kaylani is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kaylani were girls.
- How popular is the name Kaylani?
- 1,675 baby girls were named Kaylani in the US in 2025, making it the 185th most popular girl name.
- When was Kaylani most popular?
- Kaylani peaked in 2025, when 1,675 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #185 in 2025.
- How many people are named Kaylani?
- 11,877 babies have been named Kaylani in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,834 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Kaylani most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kaylani was most common in Rhode Island, at 2.6 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.