Kaylani — #241 US girls' name
10,193 babies named Kaylani in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99% of names given to girls today.
57% of everyone ever named Kaylani was born in this single decade.
1,299 babies were named Kaylani in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaylani
The Social Security Administration has registered 10,193 babies named Kaylani between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaylani currently holds the #241 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 1,299 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaylani performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 5,807 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kaylani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,801 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaylani in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaylani 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 10,193 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.
Kaylani at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaylani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1987
- Peak year (2024)
- 1,299
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
Currently ranks #241 among girls.
10,193 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 1,299 births in a single year.
Kaylani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 5,807 births that decade — 57% of Kaylani's all-time total
Kaylani decade highlights
- Peak decade 5,807 births
- Runner-up 3,368 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kaylani's strongest decade
5,807 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Kaylani by state
Where Kaylani concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,801 | 17.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,040 | 10.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 917 | 9.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 685 | 6.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 409 | 4.0% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 365 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 322 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 320 | 3.1% |
1,801 of 10,193 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 17.7% of nationwide
- Texas 10.2% of nationwide
- Florida 9.0% of nationwide
- New York 6.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 17.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kaylani appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1987–2024 (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.