Rank 2025
#185
among girls · ↑55 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,675
named Kaylani · +28% vs 2024
How common
1 in 960
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
1,675 babies
All-time total
11,877
#1,506 all-time among girls
First recorded
1987
in Social Security records
By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Kaylani is most popular
Girls named Kaylani per 1,000 girls born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.811 per 1,000.
Strongest in Rhode Island, New Mexico, and Mississippi.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Kaylani born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Kaylani
Kaylani is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #185 in 2025 with 1,675 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.
Since 1987, 11,877 American babies have been named Kaylani. Its peak came in 2025, when 1,675 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Kaylani stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
