Kehlani

What Kehlani means

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

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #148 vs #894 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kehlani?

US: Rising: up from #3254 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,981 girls got the name (#148 that year). First in the US records in 2015.

How common

• About 1 in 811 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,494 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 MS (5.17 per 1,000 girls), RI (4.08 per 1,000 girls), LA (3.85 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kehlani is #148 in the US and #894 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.7% of US babies named Kehlani were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kaylani1,675 US · 9 E&W
• Kailani1,215 US · 3 E&W
• Kalani800 US · 12 E&W
• Keilani383 US · 5 E&W
• Kahlani306 US
• Keilany191 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 Kehlani

Girls

• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Wrenley#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #1,454 in 2025
• Rosemary#251“dew of the sea”^*
• Rosie#283Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #775 in 2015, #283 in 2025
• Ruth#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 26,102 babies; 1,781 in 2025
• Rose#114Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1917, with 9,783 babies; 2,386 in 2025

For a brother

• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
• Lorenzo#117Editor’s note Up from #216 in 2015 to #117 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 560 US boys in the 2025 records
• Beau#60Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #203 in 2015, #60 in 2025
• Leon#138“lion”^*
• Calvin#132“bald”^*
• Rhett#188“advice”^*

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 Kehlani’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.