Girls' name · since 1980
Kailani
Kailani has 12,778 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,438 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #253 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,778
- born since 1980
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kailani is the #253 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 12,778 recorded since 1980.
Kailani has 12,778 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #253 as of the latest data, more common than 99% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #1,438 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #253 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 12,778 born since 1980
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kailani ranks #1,438 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #253 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12,778 born since 1980, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,438 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #253 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,778
- born since 1980
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kailani's 12,778 recorded births place it above 98.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
43 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kailani compares
12,778 Top 8% higher than 92% 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
Kailani's all-time total is 34x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kailani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,778 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,350 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kailani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kailani's full recorded timeline at 2004, 96% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 4% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 1,350 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kailani popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 1,350
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Kailani popularity over time - boys
45 total births recorded since 2007 (Kailani as boys' name)
Kailani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (7,301 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Kailani's strongest decade.
7,301 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Kailani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 59
1980s
59 births
- 1990s 204
1990s
204 births
- 2000s 1,147
2000s
1,147 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,067 births
- 2020s
2020s
7,301 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 7,301 births (57% of all-time use).
How Kailani compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kailani's total volume
Kailani by state
Where Kailani concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,432 | 19.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,570 | 12.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,026 | 8.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 562 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 464 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 398 | 3.1% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 385 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 342 | 2.7% |
2,432 of 12,778 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Kailani appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kailani's data
- California records the most Kailanis (2,432 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kailani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
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, 1980–2025 (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 Kailani 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.