Kaelani — #1778 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kaelani

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,205 babies named Kaelani between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaelani currently holds the #1778 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 132 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaelani performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 551 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kaelani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 215 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaelani in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaelani in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,205 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.