Girls' name · since 1975
Keilani
Keilani has 5,304 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,476 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #727 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,304
- born since 1975
- 2020s
- peak decade
Keilani currently ranks #727 among girls' names in America, with 5,304 babies recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Keilani recorded 5,304 times among girls since 1975, holding rank #727 nationally today, ahead of 96% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #2,476 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #727 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,304 born since 1975
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keilani ranks #2,476 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #727 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,304 born since 1975, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,476 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #727 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,304
- born since 1975
- 2020s
- peak decade
Keilani's 5,304 recorded births place it above 96.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
37 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Keilani compares
5,304 Top 13% higher than 87% 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
Keilani's all-time total is 14x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keilani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,304 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 466 | 21 | 19,840 |
Keilani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keilani's full recorded timeline at 2004, 89% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 11% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 466 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keilani popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 466
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Keilani popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2015 (Keilani as boys' name)
Keilani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,456 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Keilani's strongest decade.
2,456 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Keilani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 62
1970s
62 births
- 1980s 31
1980s
31 births
- 1990s 256
1990s
256 births
- 2000s 824
2000s
824 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,675 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,456 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,456 births (46% of all-time use).
How Keilani 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 Keilani's total volume
Keilani by state
Where Keilani concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,225 | 23.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 550 | 10.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 377 | 7.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 197 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 171 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 128 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 115 | 2.2% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 111 | 2.1% |
1,225 of 5,304 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 37 reporting states.
Keilani appears in 37 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Keilanis (1,225 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 Keilani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1975–2025 (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 Keilani 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.