Kaelani
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #1,818 for girls
Kaelani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “edge”. In 2025 it ranked 1,818th for girls in the US (110 babies).
What does Kaelani mean?
Hawaiian
“edge”
A female given name from Hawaiian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kaelani a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaelani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 110 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaelani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,818among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 110about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 110 girls in the US were named Kaelani, making it the 1,818th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,781st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 132 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Kaelani in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 124 girls in the US were given Kaelani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,458, up from #1,818 for this spelling alone.
- Kaelani 110
- Kaelanie 7
- Kaelany 7
Kaelani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 110 | #1,818 |
| 2024 | 113 | #1,779 |
| 2023 | 132 | #1,586 |
| 2022 | 109 | #1,856 |
| 2021 | 86 | #2,173 |
| 2020 | 111 | #1,781 |
| 2019 | 92 | #2,056 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,781 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,835 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,761 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Names like Kaelani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kailani Kalani Kaylani Kehlani Meilani Nalani Malani Alani Naylani Milani Nailani Xolani
Names related to Kaelani
More Hawaiian names
Kai Leilani Koa Makai Keanu Koah Kailany Leilany Laylani Kaleo Lani Luana Leylani Lailani Makoa Nakoa
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, “Kaelani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaelani, updated 20 October 2026.