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Kamani

Gender
Boy
Say it
ka-MAH-nee
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys
US rank, 2025
#2,117 for girls

Kamani is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 2,117th for girls in the US (88 babies).

What does Kamani mean?

Modern: Ka- + Amani; also a Hawaiian tree name

In Hawaiian, kamani is the name of a large coastal tree; in the US the name may also blend Ka- with Amani.

Is Kamani a girl's or a boy's name?

Kamani is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 88 girls and 35 boys in the US.

How popular is Kamani in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,301among boys
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 125% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Kamani, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 7 boys.

Half of all the boys named Kamani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

2003Busiest: 7 in 20052025
Kamani in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20245#3,772
20230–
20220–
20214#4,188
20204#4,025
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20137#2,792
20126#3,167
20115#3,446
20100–
20090–
20080–
20074#3,748
20063#4,204
20057#2,292
20044#3,147
20034#2,990

How popular is Kamani in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,117among girls
Babies in 2025
88about 1 in 18,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 33% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 88 girls in the US were named Kamani, making it the 2,117th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,441st. It first appears in the records in 1995. 35 boys were also named Kamani in 2025 (3,313th for boys).

2025 had the most girls named Kamani of any year since it first appeared, in 1995.

Half of all the girls named Kamani in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 109 girls in the US were given Kamani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,599, up from #2,117 for this spelling alone.

In 2025, 72% of the babies named Kamani in the US were girls.

1995Busiest: 88 in 20252025
Kamani in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202588#2,117
202470#2,533
202365#2,674
202272#2,490
202168#2,558
202071#2,441
201956#2,923
201841#3,676
201738#3,918
201644#3,523
201530#4,583
201439#3,846
201335#4,154
201250#3,266
201148#3,349
201059#2,905
200950#3,297
200853#3,157
200735#4,298
200632#4,462
200528#4,700
200431#4,383
200326#4,799
200213#7,810
200118#6,062
200021#5,307
19990–
199810#8,579
19975#13,719
19960–
199511#7,509

Names like Kamani

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Kamani

Names related to Kamani

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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, “Kamani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kamani, updated 20 October 2026.