NameTides

Kehlani

Kehlani was the #148 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,981 babies), and #894 in England & Wales and #653 in Canada.

Kehlani as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kehlani 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Kehlani 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.00.511.521880192019602000
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#148 (1,981)#894 (39)#653 (46)
2024#150 (1,973)#722 (52)#591 (50)
2023#155 (1,864)#706 (51)#684 (41)
2022#153 (1,875)#857 (41)#781 (35)
2021#151 (1,877)#936 (37)#813 (35)
2020#167 (1,713)#1,507 (20)#851 (32)
2019#243 (1,311)#1,782 (16)#1,002 (26)
2018#346 (914)#2,090 (13)#1,996 (10)
2017#523 (598)#2,341 (11)#2,374 (8)
2016#865 (325)#4,763 (4)—
2015#3,254 (50)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #148.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2015.

How common is it?

about 1 in 810 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 810common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kehlani is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 770 to 1 in 820.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kehlani by state, 2025Alaska: #112AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #213WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #231WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #141NDMinnesota: #377MNIllinois: #162ILMichigan: #134MINew York: #220NYMassachusetts: #334MAOregon: #273ORNevada: #165NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #160SDIowa: #323IAIndiana: #162INOhio: #219OHPennsylvania: #200PANew Jersey: #200NJConnecticut: #137CTRhode Island: #78RICalifornia: #209CAUtah: #330UTColorado: #209CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #256MOKentucky: #172KYWest Virginia: #230WVVirginia: #137VAMaryland: #126MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #141AZNew Mexico: #76NMKansas: #222KSArkansas: #96ARTennessee: #135TNNorth Carolina: #91NCSouth Carolina: #84SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #138OKLouisiana: #44LAMississippi: #23MSAlabama: #76ALGeorgia: #75GAHawaii: #114HITexas: #115TXFlorida: #108FL
Kehlani (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#56422

Kehlani (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
KehlaniCanadaGirls#65346
KehlaniEngland & WalesGirls#89439
KehlaniNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KehlaniUSGirls#1481,981
KehlaniUSBoys#12,0085