NameTides

Kalani

Kalani was the #387 girls' name in the US in 2025 (800 babies), and #2,278 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Kalani as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kalani as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Kalani as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, 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 & WalesCanada
2025#387 (800)#2,278 (12)#2,475 (8)
2024#339 (921)#2,116 (13)#1,833 (12)
2023#378 (814)#2,201 (12)#1,774 (12)
2022#375 (843)#2,889 (8)#1,313 (18)
2021#339 (959)#1,692 (17)#1,185 (21)
2020#397 (784)#1,846 (15)#1,758 (12)
2019#469 (668)#1,562 (19)#2,025 (10)
2018#583 (527)#2,340 (11)#1,996 (10)
2017#544 (568)#2,090 (13)#2,374 (8)
2016#675 (433)#2,757 (9)#2,892 (6)
2015#838 (334)——
2014#1,072 (239)—#3,316 (5)
2013#1,371 (170)#5,742 (3)—
2012#1,307 (180)——
2011#1,434 (158)——

Kalani as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kalani as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Kalani as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#4,707 (21)——
2024#3,272 (36)#5,120 (3)—
2023#3,474 (33)——
2022#3,216 (37)——
2021#2,819 (44)——
2020#2,806 (43)#4,608 (3)—
2019#3,103 (38)#1,986 (11)—
2018#2,796 (43)#3,011 (6)—
2017#2,295 (57)#2,512 (8)—
2016#1,903 (77)#4,023 (4)—
2015#2,300 (57)#4,747 (3)—
2014#2,154 (63)——
2013#1,827 (78)#3,315 (5)—
2012#1,849 (79)—#1,781 (9)
2011#1,866 (75)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #339.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1963.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 83,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kalani is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 2,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kalani by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #391WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #249ILMichigan: #316MINew York: #567NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #323IAIndiana: #396INOhio: #430OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #662CAUtah: #539UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #480MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #345VAMaryland: #459MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #372AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #176ARTennessee: #262TNNorth Carolina: #216NCSouth Carolina: #178SCDistrict of Columbia: #150DCOklahoma: #398OKLouisiana: #102LAMississippi: #107MSAlabama: #151ALGeorgia: #194GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #391TXFlorida: #279FL
Kalani (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,4107

Kalani (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KalaniCanadaGirls#2,4758
KalaniCanadaBoys—too few
KalaniEngland & WalesGirls#2,27812
KalaniEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KalaniNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KalaniUSGirls#387800
KalaniUSBoys#4,70721