Kamalani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kah-mah-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Kamalani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “heavenly child”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Kamalani mean?
Hawaiian: Hawaiian kama 'child' + lani 'heaven, royal'
“heavenly child”
Built from the Hawaiian words kama 'child' and lani 'heaven, sky, royal'.
Is Kamalani a girl's or a boy's name?
Kamalani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kamalani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Kamalani, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Kamalani in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kamalani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
Nicknames for Kamalani
Names like Kamalani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kailani, Kalani, Kaylani, Nalani, Meilani, Kehlani, Alani, Noelani, Kaelani, Malani, Noa, Lalani
More Hawaiian names
Kai, Leilani, Koa, Makai, Keanu, Koah, Kailany, Leilany, Laylani, Kaleo, Lani, Luana, Leylani, Lailani, Makoa, Nakoa
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, “Kamalani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kamalani, updated 20 October 2026.