first name
KALANI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,198 people named Kalani, 32.1% reported their origin as Black, 23% as Hispanic or Latino and 19.5% as two or more races. 70.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kalani peaked in 2021, when 1,003 babies got the name.
At least 12,515 babies have been given the name since 1959. 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.
Kalani by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #723. The largest share of babies named Kalani, 69.4%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Kalani is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kalani has been most common in Hawaii (16×), Florida (2.9×), and Georgia (2.5×), and least common in Minnesota (0.21×).
9,847 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 Kalani
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kalani, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kalani ranks #41,891 of 156,621, with 559 people. See Kalani as a last name
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