Kalyani
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Kalyani is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “auspicious, beneficial, prosperous”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Kalyani mean?
Sanskrit
“auspicious, beneficial, prosperous”
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kalyani a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalyani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalyani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 86% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Kalyani, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 8 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Kalyani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Kalyani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,098th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Kalyani, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had the most girls named Kalyani of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Kalyani in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kalyani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Kalyani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Noa, Kalani, Anaya, Arya, Alani, Avani, Khadija, Maeva, Liyana, Kali, Raya
Names related to Kalyani
Khalani, Kailani, Kaylin, Kaelyn, Kaylani, Kailyn, Kahlan, Kahlani
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh
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, “Kalyani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalyani, updated 20 October 2026.