Kahlani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #875 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Kahlani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 875th for girls in the US (306 babies).
What does Kahlani mean?
Modern: Ka- + -lani, in the style of Leilani
A modern coinage ending in -lani, a Hawaiian word for sky or heaven, in the style of Leilani.
Is Kahlani a girl's or a boy's name?
Kahlani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 306 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kahlani in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 girls.
Kahlani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
How popular is Kahlani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 875th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 306 about 1 in 5,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 306 girls in the US were named Kahlani, making it the 875th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,120th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 325 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Kahlani in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,553 girls in the US were given Kahlani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #230, up from #875 for this spelling alone.
Kahlani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 306 | #875 |
| 2024 | 325 | #835 |
| 2023 | 263 | #978 |
| 2022 | 261 | #1,003 |
| 2021 | 269 | #965 |
| 2020 | 215 | #1,120 |
| 2019 | 199 | #1,180 |
| 2018 | 150 | #1,461 |
| 2017 | 105 | #1,917 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
Names like Kahlani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kalani, Alani, Noa, Milani, Elani, Koa, Xyla, Kali, Khloe, Layla, Ilana
Other spellings of Kahlani
Kalani, Khalani, Calani, Cahlani, Kalany, Kalanie, Kalanii, Kalahni
Names related to Kahlani
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kahlani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kahlani, updated 20 October 2026.