# Kailani (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kailani/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hawaiian |
| Meaning | “sea”, “sky” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,823 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 45 / 12,778 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 60, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hawaiian Kailani, from kai (“sea”) + lani (“sky”).

## What it means

Kailani is grouped under sea and sky.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 218 | 1,123 |
| 2012 | 250 | 1,013 |
| 2013 | 261 | 966 |
| 2014 | 271 | 985 |
| 2015 | 317 | 878 |
| 2016 | 379 | 753 |
| 2017 | 486 | 617 |
| 2018 | 795 | 390 |
| 2019 | 903 | 350 |
| 2020 | 1,133 | 282 |
| 2021 | 1,139 | 278 |
| 2022 | 1,350 | 222 |
| 2023 | 1,320 | 226 |
| 2024 | 1,144 | 276 |
| 2025 | 1,215 | 253 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 13,377 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11,706 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,413 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,277 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,051 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,413 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,340 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Kailani

- Kailani Craine, Australian figure skater

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.