Keelani — #16975 US girls' name
32 babies named Keelani in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 4% of names given to girls today.
63% of everyone ever named Keelani was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Keelani in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keelani
The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Keelani between 2016 and 2024, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keelani currently holds the #16975 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keelani performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Keelani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keelani 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 32 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.
Keelani at a glance
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Current rank
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Keelani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2016
- Peak year (2023)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
Currently ranks #16975 among girls.
32 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 8 births in a single year.
Keelani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 20 births that decade — 63% of Keelani's all-time total
Keelani decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Keelani's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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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, 2016–2024 (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.