Kelani — #1359 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kelani

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,571 babies named Kelani between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kelani currently holds the #1359 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 182 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelani performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 803 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kelani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 143 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Kelani in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kelani 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 1,571 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.