Girls' name · since 2016

Kalahni

Kalahni has 166 recorded births since 2016 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#21,720 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,798 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
166
born since 2016
2020s
peak decade

166 babies have been named Kalahni since 2016, making it today's #8798 girls' name.

Social Security Administration records show Kalahni recorded 166 times among girls since 2016, holding rank #8798 nationally today, ahead of 49% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.

  • #21,720 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #8,798 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 166 born since 2016
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalahni ranks #21,720 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,798 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 166 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.

#21,720 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,798 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
166
born since 2016
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%49.1%
Kalahni vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kalahni's 166 recorded births place it above 69.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Kalahni compares

166 33rd 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

Kalahni's all-time total is 56% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kalahni Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 166 376 567,345
Peak-year births 26 21 19,840

Kalahni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Kalahni's full recorded timeline at 2021, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 11 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Kalahni popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2019)
26
Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
1015202530 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025 12

Kalahni by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (100 births, 60% of the file).

2020s was Kalahni's strongest decade.

100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.

Kalahni births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 100 births (60% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kalahni?
Since 2016, Social Security records show 166 babies named Kalahni. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #21,720 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #8,798 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2019, with 26 births.
Where does Kalahni sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalahni ranks #21,720 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,798 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 Kalahni most popular?
Kalahni was most popular in the 2020s decade with 100 total births. The single peak year was 2019.
How long has the name Kalahni been used?
Kalahni has been recorded in Social Security data since 2016, spanning 10 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Kalahni?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kali, Kaleigh, Kaley, Kaliyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Kalahni: 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, 2016–2025 (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 Kalahni 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.