Kaylani

What Kaylani means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,054 in 2015, #185 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kaylani?

US: Rising: up from #1054 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,675 girls got the name (#185 that year). First in the US records in 1987.

How common

• About 1 in 960 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 28,142 baby girls in England and Wales 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 RI (3.67 per 1,000 girls), DE (3.55 per 1,000 girls), NV (2.61 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kaylani is #185 in the US and #2788 in England & Wales (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 Kaylani 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
• Kailani1,215 US · 3 E&W
• Kalani800 US · 12 E&W
• Kailany511 US
• Keilani383 US · 5 E&W
• Kahlani306 US
• 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 Kaylani

Girls

• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Amara#98“eternal”^*
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*
• Amira#132“princess”^*

For a brother

• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Milo#119Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025
• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Adriel#84“flock of God”^*
• Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”^*
• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 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 Kaylani’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.