Girls' name · since 2000
Khalani
Khalani has 2,671 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,868 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #905 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,671
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
2,671 babies have been named Khalani since 2000, making it today's #905 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khalani has been recorded 2,671 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #905 nationally and more common than 95% 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 2000 to 2025.
- #3,868 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #905 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,671 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khalani ranks #3,868 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #905 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,671 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,868 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #905 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,671
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Khalani's 2,671 recorded births place it above 94.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Khalani compares
2,671 Top 19% higher than 81% 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
Khalani's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khalani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,671 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 319 | 21 | 19,840 |
Khalani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Khalani's full recorded timeline at 2014, 96% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 4% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 319 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Khalani popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 319
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Khalani popularity over time - boys
61 total births recorded since 2006 (Khalani as boys' name)
Khalani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,824 births, 68% of the file).
2020s was Khalani's strongest decade.
1,824 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Khalani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 54
2000s
54 births
- 2010s
2010s
793 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,824 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,824 births (68% of all-time use).
How Khalani 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 Khalani's total volume
Khalani by state
Where Khalani concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 261 | 9.8% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 240 | 9.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 230 | 8.6% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 170 | 6.4% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 114 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 109 | 4.1% |
| #7 | South Carolina | | 107 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 96 | 3.6% |
261 of 2,671 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Khalani appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Khalanis (261 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Khalani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
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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, 2000–2025 (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 Khalani 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.