Kalani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #387 for girls
Kalani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “the heavens, the sky”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 387th for girls in the US (800 babies).
What does Kalani mean?
Hawaiian: from Hawaiian ka lani
“the heavens, the sky”
From Hawaiian ka lani, the sky or heavens, a word also used of royalty and high chiefs.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kalani a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 800 girls and 21 boys in the US.
How popular is Kalani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Kalani, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 20 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kalani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were given Kalani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,417, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.
- Kalani 12
- Khalani 7
Girls were 69% of the babies named Kalani in the UK in 2016, and 81% in 2024.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Kalani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
How popular is Kalani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 387th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 800 about 1 in 2,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 800 girls in the US were named Kalani, making it the 387th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 397th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 959 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963. 21 boys were also named Kalani in 2025 (4,706th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Kalani than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Kalani in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,553 girls in the US were given Kalani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #230, up from #387 for this spelling alone.
In 1975, 23% of the babies named Kalani in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 97%, with more girls than boys since 1994.
Kalani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 800 | #387 |
| 2024 | 921 | #339 |
| 2023 | 814 | #378 |
| 2022 | 843 | #375 |
| 2021 | 959 | #339 |
| 2020 | 784 | #397 |
| 2019 | 668 | #469 |
| 2018 | 527 | #583 |
| 2017 | 568 | #544 |
| 2016 | 433 | #675 |
| 2015 | 334 | #838 |
| 2014 | 239 | #1,072 |
| 2013 | 170 | #1,371 |
| 2012 | 180 | #1,307 |
| 2011 | 158 | #1,434 |
| 2010 | 126 | #1,678 |
| 2009 | 166 | #1,414 |
| 2008 | 108 | #1,949 |
| 2007 | 120 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 134 | #1,597 |
| 2005 | 113 | #1,740 |
| 2004 | 143 | #1,435 |
| 2003 | 107 | #1,754 |
| 2002 | 92 | #1,913 |
| 2001 | 81 | #2,060 |
| 2000 | 68 | #2,273 |
| 1999 | 65 | #2,280 |
| 1998 | 44 | #2,926 |
| 1997 | 49 | #2,587 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 43 | #2,783 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
Names like Kalani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Noa, Alani, Milani, Koa, Layla, Elani, Xyla, Kali, Kaia, Poppy, Lexi
Other spellings of Kalani
Khalani, Kahlani, Calani, Cahlani, Kalany, Kalanie, Kalanii, Kalahni
Names related to Kalani
Kalina, Kailani, Keilani, Kaylani, Khelani, Kalyani, Kailany
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, “Kalani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalani, updated 20 October 2026.