# Kalyani (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kalyani/  
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 | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “auspicious”, “beneficial”, “prosperous” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 368 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 368 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 38, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कल्याणी (kalyāṇī, “auspicious, beneficial, prosperous”).

## What it means

Kalyani is grouped under rich.

## 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 | 17 | 7,260 |
| 2012 | 20 | 6,464 |
| 2013 | 17 | 7,206 |
| 2014 | 18 | 6,850 |
| 2015 | 13 | 8,688 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9,136 |
| 2017 | 19 | 6,403 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,351 |
| 2019 | 16 | 7,179 |
| 2020 | 18 | 6,477 |
| 2021 | 14 | 7,821 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,822 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,822 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,790 |
| 2025 | 25 | 5,158 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: कल्याणी

## 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.