How rare is the name Kailani?

4,469 people in the United States have the first name Kailani, about 1 in 67,584. It ranks #4,257 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KAILANI

#4,257

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,469
About
1 in 67,584
This common or more
83.8%
Who bears it

Of the 4,469 people named Kailani, 43.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 17.4% as two or more races and 17.1% as Black. 98.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kailani peaked in 2022, when 1,358 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19802025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
1,358
In 2025*
1,215 ▼11%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 12,823 babies have been given the name since 1980. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kailani by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #542. The largest share of babies named Kailani, 83.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#13,54059
1990s#7,970204
2000s#3,0131,158
2010s#1,3254,080
2020s#5427,322
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–961.3%
Generation Z 1997–1214.8%
2013 and later83.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kailani is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kailani has been most common in Hawaii (8.7×), Nevada (4.5×), and Florida (2.6×), and least common in Missouri (0.3×).

11,613 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Kailani

#4,254 Jaci · 4,471#4,256 Marcial · 4,470#4,258 Tatianna · 4,468#4,258 Zakary · 4,468

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kailani, most common first.

#2,221 Kailyn · 11,777#3,399 Kalani · 6,198#4,158 Kaylan · 4,620#5,104 Kaylani · 3,439#5,185 Kailynn · 3,360#8,568 Kaelan · 1,689#8,800 Kalyani · 1,625#9,373 Kailin · 1,485

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