Girls' name · since 2016
Khelani
Khelani has 843 recorded births since 2016 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,455 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,325 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 843
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Khelani is the #2325 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 843 recorded since 2016.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khelani has been recorded 843 times among girls since 2016, currently ranked #2325 nationally and more common than 87% 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 2016 to 2025.
- #8,455 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,325 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 843 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khelani ranks #8,455 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,325 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 843 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,455 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,325 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 843
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Khelani's 843 recorded births place it above 88.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Khelani compares
843 Top 35% higher than 65% 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
Khelani's all-time total is 124% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khelani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 843 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 119 | 21 | 19,840 |
Khelani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Khelani splits its recorded history at 2021: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2016 (29 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 119 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Khelani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 119
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Khelani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (587 births, 70% of the file).
2020s was Khelani's strongest decade.
587 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Khelani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
256 births
- 2020s
2020s
587 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 587 births (70% of all-time use).
How Khelani 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 Khelani's total volume
Khelani by state
Where Khelani concentrates geographically, total births since 2016
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 90 | 10.7% |
| #2 | Florida | | 69 | 8.2% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 53 | 6.3% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 36 | 4.3% |
| #5 | California | | 35 | 4.2% |
| #6 | New York | | 23 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Mississippi | | 20 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 17 | 2.0% |
90 of 843 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Khelani appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Khelanis (90 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Khelani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Khelani 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.