NameTides

Kailani

Kailani was the #253 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,215 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales.

Kailani as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Kailani as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Kailani as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#253 (1,215)#5,927 (3)——
2024#276 (1,144)#3,016 (8)#790 (3)#2,259 (9)
2023#226 (1,320)#3,599 (6)—#1,312 (18)
2022#222 (1,350)#3,971 (5)—#2,133 (9)
2021#278 (1,139)#3,961 (5)—#1,681 (13)
2020#282 (1,133)#3,447 (6)—#1,153 (21)
2019#350 (903)#3,151 (7)—#2,025 (10)
2018#390 (795)#3,518 (6)—#1,996 (10)
2017#617 (486)#4,063 (5)—#2,876 (6)
2016#751 (379)#5,785 (3)—#3,294 (5)
2015#877 (317)——#3,286 (5)
2014#984 (271)———
2013#964 (261)———
2012#1,011 (250)———
2011#1,123 (218)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #222.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1980.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kailani is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kailani by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #447WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #313WAIdaho: #277IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #459MNIllinois: #363ILMichigan: #406MINew York: #334NYMassachusetts: #417MAOregon: #353ORNevada: #150NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #359INOhio: #358OHPennsylvania: #443PANew Jersey: #390NJConnecticut: #144CTRhode Island: #120RICalifornia: #216CAUtah: #330UTColorado: #236CONebraska: #296NEMissouri: #516MOKentucky: #248KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #272VAMaryland: #195MDDelaware: #98DEArizona: #273AZNew Mexico: #111NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #335ARTennessee: #226TNNorth Carolina: #238NCSouth Carolina: #174SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #312OKLouisiana: #170LAMississippi: #341MSAlabama: #184ALGeorgia: #237GAHawaii: #15HITexas: #169TXFlorida: #174FL
Kailani (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KailaniCanadaGirls—too few
KailaniEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
KailaniNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KailaniScotlandGirls—too few
KailaniUSGirls#2531,215
KailaniUSBoys—too few