Girls' name · since 1987
Kaylani
Kaylani has 11,877 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,506 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #185 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,877
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kaylani currently ranks #185 among girls' names in America, with 11,877 babies recorded since 1987.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaylani has been recorded 11,877 times among girls since 1987, currently ranked #185 nationally and more common than 99% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #1,506 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #185 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 11,877 born since 1987
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaylani ranks #1,506 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #185 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 11,877 born since 1987, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,506 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #185 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,877
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kaylani's 11,877 recorded births place it above 97.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
42 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kaylani compares
11,877 Top 9% higher than 91% 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
Kaylani's all-time total is 32x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaylani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11,877 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,675 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kaylani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kaylani's full recorded timeline at 2006, 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 1987, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 1,675 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kaylani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,675
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Kaylani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (7,490 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Kaylani's strongest decade.
7,490 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Kaylani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 26
1980s
26 births
- 1990s 126
1990s
126 births
- 2000s 866
2000s
866 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,369 births
- 2020s
2020s
7,490 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 7,490 births (63% of all-time use).
How Kaylani 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 Kaylani's total volume
Kaylani by state
Where Kaylani concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,008 | 16.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,266 | 10.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,068 | 9.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 792 | 6.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 464 | 3.9% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 414 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 398 | 3.4% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 391 | 3.3% |
2,008 of 11,877 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Kaylani appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kaylani's data
- California records the most Kaylanis (2,008 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Kaylani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Kaylani 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.