Kailana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kye-LAH-na
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Kailana is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Kailana come from?
Modern: blend of Kai and Lana, styled like a Hawaiian name
Is Kailana a girl's or a boy's name?
Kailana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kailana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Kailana, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Kailana in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kailana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Kailana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaylani, Kehlani, Kalani, Malani, Noa, Meilani, Nalani, Naylani, Alani, Nailani, Kylani, Ailany
Names related to Kailana
More Modern names
Jayden, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Kailana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kailana, updated 20 October 2026.