Caylani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kay-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
Caylani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
What does Caylani mean?
Modern: spelling of Kaylani; blend of Kay and Leilani
A modern blend of Kay with the -lani ending of Leilani; lani is Hawaiian for sky or heaven.
Meaning borrowed from Kaylani.
Is Caylani a girl's or a boy's name?
Caylani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caylani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,877among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Caylani, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the girls named Caylani in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,600 girls in the US were given Caylani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #132, up from #4,877 for this spelling alone.
Caylani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
Nicknames for Caylani
- Kay 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Caylani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani Malani Naylani Kailani Nailani Meilani Kalani Ilani Kylani Xolani Nalani Alani
Other spellings of Caylani
Kaylani Keilani Keilany Keylani Kaylanie Kaylanni Kaylany Kaylanii Khaylani Keilanny
Names related to Caylani
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, “Caylani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caylani, updated 20 October 2026.