Girls' name · since 1975

Kahealani

469 babies named Kahealani in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#12,332 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,491 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
469
born since 1975
2000s
peak decade

469 babies have been named Kahealani since 1975, making it today's #8491 girls' name.

Social Security Administration records show Kahealani recorded 469 times among girls since 1975, holding rank #8491 nationally today, ahead of 51% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.

  • #12,332 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #8,491 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 469 born since 1975
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kahealani ranks #12,332 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,491 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 469 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.

#12,332 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,491 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
469
born since 1975
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%50.9%
Kahealani vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Kahealani's 469 recorded births place it above 82.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

2 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Hawaii.

How Kahealani compares

469 Top 46% higher than 54% of 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

Kahealani's all-time total is 25% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kahealani Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 469 376 567,345
Peak-year births 18 21 19,840

Kahealani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Kahealani splits its recorded history at 2001: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Kahealani popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2019)
18
Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
05101520 197519831989199520022009201620222025 12

Kahealani by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (100 births, 21% of the file).

2000s was Kahealani's strongest decade.

100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.

Kahealani births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 100 births (21% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Kahealani by state

Where Kahealani concentrates geographically, total births since 1975

Regionally concentrated
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Kahealani
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Hawaii
199 42.4%
#2 California
5 1.1%
Hawaii share of Kahealani's total US births 42.4%
Even split

199 of 469 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kahealani?
469 babies have been named Kahealani since 1975. All-time, it sits at #12,332 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #8,491 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2019 with 18 births.
Where does Kahealani sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kahealani ranks #12,332 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,491 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kahealani most popular?
Kahealani was most popular in the 2000s decade with 100 total births. The single peak year was 2019.
Where is Kahealani most popular?
The top states for the name Kahealani are Hawaii (199 births), California (5 births).
How long has the name Kahealani been used?
The SSA has tracked Kahealani since 1975 -- 51 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Kahealani?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kahlani, Kahlan, Kahlia, Kahla, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Kahealani's data

  • Kahealani's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (100 total births) through the 2020s (83) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • Hawaii records the most Kahealanis (199 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Hawaii names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Kahealani

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Kahealani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1975–2025 (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 Kahealani 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.