Kahani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kah-HAH-nee
- Origin
- Hindi
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Kahani is a girls' name of Hindi origin, meaning “story”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Kahani mean?
Hindi: Hindi and Urdu kahani; may also be a Hawaiian-style coinage
“story”
Kahani is the Hindi and Urdu word for a story or tale.
Is Kahani a girl's or a boy's name?
Kahani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kahani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Kahani, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 2016.
Half of all the girls named Kahani in the US since 1880 were born between 2023 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kahani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
Names like Kahani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kaylani, Kailani, Xolani, Nailani, Naylani, Kylani, Kalani, Meilani, Malani, Xylani, Klani
Names related to Kahani
More Hindi names
Prisha, Saanvi, Meera, Riya, Jiya, Diya, Reyansh, Sai, Shanaya, Neev, Aarush, Rivaan, Samaira, Rishaan, Sanaya, Tulsi
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, “Kahani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kahani, updated 20 October 2026.