Kealani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kay-ah-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Kealani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Kealani come from?
Modern: Hawaiian-style name, perhaps built on lani 'heaven'
Is Kealani a girl's or a boy's name?
Kealani 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 Kealani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 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, 13 girls in the US were named Kealani, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2000, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Kealani in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kealani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,180 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Nicknames for Kealani
- Lani 25 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Kealani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaylani, Kailani, Kalani, Kehlani, Nalani, Malani, Alani, Meilani, Ilani, Naylani, Noa, Nailani
Names related to Kealani
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Kealani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kealani, updated 20 October 2026.