Kehlany
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- keh-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Kehlany is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
What does Kehlany mean?
Modern: spelling of Kehlani; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Kehlani.
Is Kehlany a girl's or a boy's name?
Kehlany is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kehlany in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,171st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 335% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Kehlany, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 2017.
Half of all the girls named Kehlany in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,279 girls in the US were given Kehlany or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #156, up from #4,171 for this spelling alone.
Kehlany in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
Names like Kehlany
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaylani, Kailani, Ailany, Kalani, Malani, Nailani, Naylani, Kylani, Meilani, Xylani, Ilani, Klani
Other spellings of Kehlany
Kehlani, Kelani, Khelani, Kehlanii, Kelahni, Kehlanie, Kelany
Names related to Kehlany
More Modern names
Jayden, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Kehlany: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kehlany, updated 20 October 2026.