Total births
28
Girls' name · since 2017
Kulani
28 babies named Kulani in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 28
- total births
- 2017–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
Kulani sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 28 recorded since 2017.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kulani has been recorded 28 times among girls since 2017, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 2017 to 2025.
- 28 total births
- 2017–2025 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 54% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
28 girls have been named Kulani since 2017, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 28
- total births
- 2017–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
54% of everyone ever named Kulani was born in this single decade.
2017
Single peak year
7 babies were named Kulani in 2017 - its busiest year on record.
Kulani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kulani's full recorded timeline at 2021, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2021, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kulani at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
2017
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2017
Kulani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Kulani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Kulani's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Kulani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 15 births (54% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Kulani? ▼
28 babies have been named Kulani since 2017. It was last recorded in 2025. The peak year was 2017 with 7 births.
When was Kulani most popular? ▼
Kulani was most popular in the 2020s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
How long has the name Kulani been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Kulani since 2017 -- 9 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Kulani? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kulture, Kulsoom, Kulsum, Kulia, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Kulani
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Kulsoom Girl
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Kulsum Girl
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Kulia Girl
12 births
Kula Girl
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 2017–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Kulani: Baby Name Since 2017 - 28 Births, Peak 2017." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kulani. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kulani 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 June 2026.