Kailani
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #253 for girls
Kailani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “sea”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 253rd for girls in the US (1,215 babies).
What does Kailani mean?
Hawaiian
“sea”
A female given name from Hawaiian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kailani a girl's or a boy's name?
Kailani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 1,215 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kailani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Kailani, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Kailani than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Kailani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Kailani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
How popular is Kailani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 253rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,215 about 1 in 1,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,215 girls in the US were named Kailani, making it the 253rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 282nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 1,350 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Kailani in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,833 girls in the US were given Kailani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #197, up from #253 for this spelling alone.
Kailani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,215 | #253 |
| 2024 | 1,144 | #276 |
| 2023 | 1,320 | #226 |
| 2022 | 1,350 | #222 |
| 2021 | 1,139 | #278 |
| 2020 | 1,133 | #282 |
| 2019 | 903 | #350 |
| 2018 | 795 | #390 |
| 2017 | 486 | #617 |
| 2016 | 379 | #751 |
| 2015 | 317 | #877 |
| 2014 | 271 | #984 |
| 2013 | 261 | #964 |
| 2012 | 250 | #1,011 |
| 2011 | 218 | #1,123 |
| 2010 | 187 | #1,274 |
| 2009 | 165 | #1,420 |
| 2008 | 179 | #1,354 |
| 2007 | 152 | #1,517 |
| 2006 | 144 | #1,522 |
| 2005 | 123 | #1,630 |
| 2004 | 128 | #1,545 |
| 2003 | 86 | #2,060 |
| 2002 | 64 | #2,464 |
| 2001 | 53 | #2,762 |
| 2000 | 53 | #2,736 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
Names like Kailani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kalani, Kehlani, Noa, Alani, Milani, Koa, Layla, Elani, Xyla, Kali, Kaia, Poppy
Other spellings of Kailani
Kailany, Khailani, Cailani, Kailanie, Kailanny, Khailany, Kailanni
Names related to Kailani
Kalina, Khalani, Keilani, Kaylani, Kalyani, Kailyn, Kahlan, Kahlani
More Hawaiian names
Kai, Leilani, Nalani, Makai, Keanu, Koah, Meilani, Leilany, Laylani, Kaleo, Lani, Luana, Leylani, Lailani, Makoa, Nakoa
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, “Kailani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kailani, updated 20 October 2026.