Girls' name · since 2017
Kehlanii
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 126 babies named Kehlanii, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,586 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,461 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 126
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kehlanii is the #7461 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 126 recorded since 2017.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kehlanii has been recorded 126 times among girls since 2017, currently ranked #7461 nationally and more common than 57% 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 2017 to 2025.
- #24,586 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,461 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 126 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kehlanii ranks #24,586 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,461 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 126 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,586 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,461 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 126
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kehlanii's 126 recorded births place it above 65.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kehlanii compares
126 29th 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
Kehlanii's all-time total is 66% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kehlanii | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 126 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kehlanii's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kehlanii's full recorded timeline at 2021, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kehlanii popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Kehlanii by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (106 births, 84% of the file).
2020s was Kehlanii's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Kehlanii births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 20
2010s
20 births
- 2020s
2020s
106 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 106 births (84% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kehlanii: 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 (~8 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, 2017–2025 (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 Kehlanii 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.