Kahlani

What Kahlani means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kahlani yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #5,288 in 2015, #875 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kahlani?

US: Rising: up from #5288 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 325 girls got the name (#835 that year). First in the US records in 2003.

How common

• About 1 in 5,253 baby girls in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SC (1.26 per 1,000 girls), MS (0.79 per 1,000 girls), KS (0.51 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Kahlani is #875 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Kahlani were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kehlani1,981 US · 39 E&W
• Kaylani1,675 US · 9 E&W
• Kailani1,215 US · 3 E&W
• Kalani800 US · 12 E&W
• Kailany511 US
• Keilani383 US · 5 E&W
• Keylani160 US
• Kelani137 US · 7 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kahlani

Girls

• Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”^*
• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Remi#145Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #502 in 2015, #145 in 2025
• Esther#119“star”^*
• Iris#61“rainbow”^*
• Antonella#284Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,018 in 2015, #284 in 2025

For a brother

• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Rhett#188“advice”^*
• Felix#175“happy, lucky”^*
• Beau#60Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #203 in 2015, #60 in 2025
• Brooks#64Variant of Brook, meaning “swamp, marsh”^*
• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kahlani’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.