Calani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,607 for girls
Calani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,607th for girls in the US (66 babies).
What does Calani mean?
Modern: probably a respelling of the Hawaiian name Kalani
Probably a respelling of the Hawaiian name Kalani, 'the heavens'; Hawaiian itself has no letter C.
Is Calani a girl's or a boy's name?
Calani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 66 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Calani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,607among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 66about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 101% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were named Calani, making it the 2,607th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 72 girls. It first appears in the records in 2013.
Half of all the girls named Calani in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,553 girls in the US were given Calani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #230, up from #2,607 for this spelling alone.
Calani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,607 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,930 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,936 |
| 2022 | 72 | #2,490 |
| 2021 | 49 | #3,250 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
Names like Calani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani Kaylani Malani Naylani Kailani Nailani Meilani Ilani Kylani Xolani Ahlani Ulani
Other spellings of Calani
Kalani Kahlani Khalani Cahlani Kalany Kalanie Kalanii Kalahni
Names related to Calani
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Calani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/calani, updated 20 October 2026.