Kamalani — #11468 US girls' name
294 babies named Kamalani in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 35% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Kamalani was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Kamalani in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kamalani
The Social Security Administration has registered 294 babies named Kamalani between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kamalani currently holds the #11468 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kamalani performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kamalani shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 163 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kamalani in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kamalani 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 294 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.
Kamalani at a glance
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Current rank
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Kamalani popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (2004)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #11468 among girls.
294 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 19 births in a single year.
Kamalani popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 1998 (Kamalani as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kamalani accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kamalani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 118 births that decade — 40% of Kamalani's all-time total
Kamalani decade highlights
- Peak decade 118 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kamalani's strongest decade
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Kamalani by state
Where Kamalani concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 163 | 55.4% |
163 of 294 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 55.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 55.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.