Kehlani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- keh-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #945 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #148 for girls
Kehlani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 945th for girls in the UK (39 babies) and 148th for girls in the US (1,981 babies).
What does Kehlani mean?
Modern: modern name in a Hawaiian style
Known from the American singer Kehlani; it is styled on Hawaiian names such as Leilani but is not a standard Hawaiian word.
Is Kehlani a girl's or a boy's name?
Kehlani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 girls in the UK and 1,981 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Kehlani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 945th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39 about 1 in 7,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 182% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the UK were named Kehlani, making it the 945th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 53 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kehlani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 girls in the UK were given Kehlani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #725, up from #945 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 894th in England and Wales.
Kehlani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #945 |
| 2024 | 52 | #785 |
| 2023 | 53 | #736 |
| 2022 | 42 | #902 |
| 2021 | 38 | #993 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
How popular is Kehlani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 148th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,981 about 1 in 810 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.7% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,981 girls in the US were named Kehlani, making it the 148th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 167th. It first appears in the records in 2015. 5 boys were also named Kehlani in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Kehlani of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.
Half of all the girls named Kehlani in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,279 girls in the US were given Kehlani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #156.
Kehlani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,981 | #148 |
| 2024 | 1,973 | #150 |
| 2023 | 1,864 | #155 |
| 2022 | 1,875 | #153 |
| 2021 | 1,877 | #151 |
| 2020 | 1,713 | #167 |
| 2019 | 1,311 | #243 |
| 2018 | 914 | #346 |
| 2017 | 598 | #523 |
| 2016 | 325 | #865 |
| 2015 | 50 | #3,254 |
Names like Kehlani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kalani, Noa, Alani, Milani, Elani, Koa, Xyla, Layla, Kali, Poppy, Khloe, Nala
Other spellings of Kehlani
Kelani, Khelani, Kehlany, Kehlanii, Kelahni, Kehlanie, Kelany
Names related to Kehlani
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Kehlani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kehlani, updated 20 October 2026.