Girls' name · since 2002
Kayani
303 babies named Kayani in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,824 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,062 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 303
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kayani currently ranks #5062 among girls' names in America, with 303 babies recorded since 2002.
Kayani has 303 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5062 as of the latest data, more common than 71% 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 2002 to 2025.
- #15,824 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,062 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 303 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayani ranks #15,824 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,062 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 303 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,824 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,062 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 303
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kayani's 303 recorded births place it above 78.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Kayani compares
303 45th 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
Kayani's all-time total is 19% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kayani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 303 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kayani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kayani splits its recorded history at 2015: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 36 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kayani popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Kayani popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2021 (Kayani as boys' name)
Kayani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (155 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Kayani's strongest decade.
155 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Kayani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 56
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
92 births
- 2020s
2020s
155 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 155 births (51% of all-time use).
Kayani by state
Where Kayani concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
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- Florida records the most Kayanis (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kayani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2002–2025 (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 Kayani 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.