Khalani

What Khalani means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,478 in 2015, #904 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Khalani?

US: Rising: up from #3478 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 319 girls got the name (#860 that year). First in the US records in 2000.

How common

• About 1 in 5,486 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 36,183 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 LA (0.79 per 1,000 girls), MS (0.79 per 1,000 girls), GA (0.62 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Khalani is #904 in the US and #3333 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 Khalani were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Khelani79 US · 5 E&W
• Khailani28 US
• Khaylani16 US
• Khailany15 US
• Khaloni15 US
• Khylani12 US
• Khalanii11 US
• Khelany8 US

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 Khalani

Girls

• Ada#219“noble”^*
• Lucia#83Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Emilia#45Variant of Emily, meaning “rival, emulator”^*
• Hazel#21From the word “hazel”^*
• Kailani#253“sea + sky”^*
• Leia#297Editor’s note Up from #420 in 2015 to #297 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Ace#164Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #419 in 2015, #164 in 2025
• Roman#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #42 in 2025
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Adriel#84“flock of God”^*
• Arlo#148Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #15 vs #148 in 2025
• Waylon#56Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #222 in 2015, #56 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 Khalani’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.