Girls' name · since 2016
Keelani
Keelani has 38 recorded births since 2016 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #38,196 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,528 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Keelani is the #14528 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 38 recorded since 2016.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keelani has been recorded 38 times among girls since 2016, currently ranked #14528 nationally and more common than 16% 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 2016 to 2025.
- #38,196 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,528 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 38 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keelani ranks #38,196 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,528 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 38 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #38,196 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,528 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Keelani's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Keelani compares
38 13th 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
Keelani's all-time total is 90% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keelani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 38 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Keelani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Keelani splits its recorded history at 2023: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2024 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Keelani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Keelani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (26 births, 68% of the file).
2020s was Keelani's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Keelani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 26 births (68% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Keelani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~9 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, 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 Keelani 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.