Girls' name · since 2015
Kehlani
Kehlani has 14,481 recorded births since 2015 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,315 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #149 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 14,481
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kehlani is the #149 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 14,481 recorded since 2015.
Kehlani has 14,481 recorded births among girls since 2015, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #149 as of the latest data, more common than 99.1% 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 2015 to 2025.
- #1,315 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #149 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 14,481 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kehlani ranks #1,315 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #149 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 14,481 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,315 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #149 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 14,481
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kehlani's 14,481 recorded births place it above 98.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
47 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kehlani compares
14,481 Top 8% higher than 92% 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
Kehlani's all-time total is 39x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kehlani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 14,481 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,981 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kehlani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kehlani's full recorded timeline at 2020, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 50 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 1,981 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kehlani popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,981
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Kehlani popularity over time - boys
51 total births recorded since 2016 (Kehlani as boys' name)
Kehlani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11,283 births, 78% of the file).
2020s was Kehlani's strongest decade.
11,283 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Kehlani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 3,198
2010s
3,198 births
- 2020s
2020s
11,283 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11,283 births (78% of all-time use).
How Kehlani 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 Kehlani's total volume
Kehlani by state
Where Kehlani concentrates geographically, total births since 2015
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,651 | 11.4% |
| #2 | California | | 1,427 | 9.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,163 | 8.0% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 816 | 5.6% |
| #5 | New York | | 766 | 5.3% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 702 | 4.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 483 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 460 | 3.2% |
1,651 of 14,481 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Kehlani appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kehlani's data
- Texas records the most Kehlanis (1,651 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kehlani: 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 (~10 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, 2015–2025 (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 Kehlani 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.