Kanani
Girl · kah-NAH-nee · Hawaiian
Kanani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “the beauty”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Kanani mean?
Hawaiian: from Hawaiian ka nani
“the beauty”
From Hawaiian ka 'the' and nani 'beauty, beautiful'.
- Say it
- kah-NAH-nee
Is Kanani a girl's or a boy's name?
Kanani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kanani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Kanani, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the girls named Kanani in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kanani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
Names like Kanani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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