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Kalani name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Kalani ranks #387 in female records (800 reported) and #4,792 in male records (21 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#387 · 800 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 121 female records (921 to 800); rank moved from #339 to #387.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 159 female records (959 to 800); rank moved from #339 to #387.
2025 male rank and count
#4,792 · 21 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 15 male records (36 to 21); rank moved from #3,305 to #4,792.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 23 male records (44 to 21); rank moved from #2,840 to #4,792.
Peak year in available data
2021: 959 female records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Kalani becoming more popular?

Kalani's reported female count decreased by 121 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #339 to #387. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Kalani in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for KalaniFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.9590201620252016: 433 female records2017: 568 female records2018: 527 female records2019: 668 female records2020: 784 female records2021: 959 female records2022: 843 female records2023: 814 female records2024: 921 female records2025: 800 female records2016: 77 male records2017: 57 male records2018: 43 male records2019: 38 male records2020: 43 male records2021: 44 male records2022: 37 male records2023: 33 male records2024: 36 male records2025: 21 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025800387214,792
2024921339363,305
2023814380333,511
2022843375373,248
2021959339442,840
2020784397432,819
2019668469383,127
2018527585432,822
2017568545572,300
2016433678771,910

Questions about Kalani’s popularity

How common is Kalani in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Kalani ranks #387 in female records (800 reported) and #4,792 in male records (21 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Kalani?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Kalani only.

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