Girls' name · since 2017
Cailani
Cailani has 158 recorded births since 2017 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,236 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,399 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 158
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Cailani currently ranks #5399 among girls' names in America, with 158 babies recorded since 2017.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cailani has been recorded 158 times among girls since 2017, currently ranked #5399 nationally and more common than 69% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #22,236 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,399 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 158 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cailani ranks #22,236 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,399 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 158 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,236 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,399 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 158
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Cailani's 158 recorded births place it above 69.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Cailani compares
158 32nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cailani's all-time total is 58% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cailani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 158 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cailani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cailani's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2017, with only 8 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cailani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Cailani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (119 births, 75% of the file).
2020s was Cailani's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Cailani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 39
2010s
39 births
- 2020s
2020s
119 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 119 births (75% of all-time use).
Cailani by state
Where Cailani concentrates geographically, total births since 2017
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 10 | 6.3% |
10 of 158 births nationwide.
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- Florida records the most Cailanis (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cailani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2017–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cailani draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.