NameTides

Kelani

Kelani was the #1,540 girls' name in the US in 2025 (137 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales.

Kelani as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kelani 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Kelani 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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#1,540 (137)#3,333 (7)—
2024#1,358 (168)#5,892 (3)#2,975 (6)
2023#1,519 (141)#5,688 (3)—
2022#1,387 (165)——
2021#1,460 (147)——
2020#1,246 (182)——
2019#1,687 (124)—#3,266 (5)
2018#1,799 (113)——
2017#2,097 (92)#4,763 (4)—
2016#2,966 (56)——
2015#3,915 (38)——
2014#6,451 (19)——
2013#5,644 (23)——
2012#6,341 (20)——
2011#6,564 (19)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #1,246.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 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 12,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kelani is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,000 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kelani by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #748GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,406TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Kelani (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
KelaniCanadaGirls—too few
KelaniEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
KelaniUSGirls#1,540137
KelaniUSBoys—too few