Khelani — #2164 US girls' name
763 babies named Khelani in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to girls today.
66% of everyone ever named Khelani was born in this single decade.
119 babies were named Khelani in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Khelani
The Social Security Administration has registered 763 babies named Khelani between 2016 and 2024, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Khelani currently holds the #2164 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 119 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Khelani performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 507 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Khelani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 84 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Khelani in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Khelani 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 763 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.
Khelani at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Khelani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2016
- Peak year (2021)
- 119
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
Currently ranks #2164 among girls.
763 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 119 births in a single year.
Khelani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 507 births that decade — 66% of Khelani's all-time total
Khelani decade highlights
- Peak decade 507 births
- Runner-up 256 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Khelani's strongest decade
507 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% of all-time use.
Khelani by state
Where Khelani concentrates geographically — total births since 2016
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 84 | 11.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 69 | 9.0% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 43 | 5.6% |
| #4 | California | | 35 | 4.6% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 31 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 20 | 2.6% |
| #7 | New York | | 18 | 2.4% |
| #8 | South Carolina | | 16 | 2.1% |
84 of 763 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 11.0% of nationwide
- Florida 9.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.6% of nationwide
- California 4.6% of nationwide
- North Carolina 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 11.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Khelani appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2016–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.