# Kalani (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kalani/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | Hawaiian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /kəˈlɑːni/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,515 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,237 / 10,278 (82% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 192, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian Kalani.

## 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 | 158 | 1,436 |
| 2012 | 180 | 1,308 |
| 2013 | 170 | 1,375 |
| 2014 | 239 | 1,072 |
| 2015 | 334 | 839 |
| 2016 | 433 | 678 |
| 2017 | 568 | 545 |
| 2018 | 527 | 585 |
| 2019 | 668 | 469 |
| 2020 | 784 | 397 |
| 2021 | 959 | 339 |
| 2022 | 843 | 375 |
| 2023 | 814 | 380 |
| 2024 | 921 | 339 |
| 2025 | 800 | 387 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 75 | 1,880 |
| 2012 | 79 | 1,853 |
| 2013 | 78 | 1,838 |
| 2014 | 63 | 2,165 |
| 2015 | 57 | 2,314 |
| 2016 | 77 | 1,910 |
| 2017 | 57 | 2,300 |
| 2018 | 43 | 2,822 |
| 2019 | 38 | 3,127 |
| 2020 | 43 | 2,819 |
| 2021 | 44 | 2,840 |
| 2022 | 37 | 3,248 |
| 2023 | 33 | 3,511 |
| 2024 | 36 | 3,305 |
| 2025 | 21 | 4,792 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,692 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,278 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,986 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Kalani

- Kalani Brown, American basketball player (born 1997)

## 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.