Keilani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kay-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #727 for girls
Keilani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 727th for girls in the US (383 babies).
What does Keilani mean?
Modern: blend in the style of Leilani
Probably a modern blend in the style of Leilani; lani is Hawaiian for sky or heaven.
Is Keilani a girl's or a boy's name?
Keilani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 383 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keilani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Keilani, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2021, with 7 girls.
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were given Keilani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,781, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
- Kaylani 9
- Keilani 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Keilani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
How popular is Keilani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 727th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 383 about 1 in 4,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 383 girls in the US were named Keilani, making it the 727th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 755th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 466 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Keilani in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,600 girls in the US were given Keilani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #132, up from #727 for this spelling alone.
Keilani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 383 | #727 |
| 2024 | 376 | #750 |
| 2023 | 457 | #641 |
| 2022 | 466 | #632 |
| 2021 | 414 | #696 |
| 2020 | 360 | #755 |
| 2019 | 313 | #854 |
| 2018 | 263 | #994 |
| 2017 | 189 | #1,251 |
| 2016 | 168 | #1,386 |
| 2015 | 143 | #1,545 |
| 2014 | 126 | #1,674 |
| 2013 | 129 | #1,646 |
| 2012 | 148 | #1,503 |
| 2011 | 102 | #1,943 |
| 2010 | 94 | #2,093 |
| 2009 | 109 | #1,914 |
| 2008 | 98 | #2,078 |
| 2007 | 120 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 99 | #2,003 |
| 2005 | 89 | #2,087 |
| 2004 | 84 | #2,133 |
| 2003 | 77 | #2,226 |
| 2002 | 46 | #3,099 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,877 |
| 2000 | 52 | #2,773 |
| 1999 | 53 | #2,637 |
| 1998 | 54 | #2,527 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,187 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,155 |
Names like Keilani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kalani, Noa, Alani, Milani, Elani, Koa, Layla, Xyla, Kali, Kaia, Poppy
Other spellings of Keilani
Kaylani, Keilany, Keylani, Kaylanie, Kaylanni, Caylani, Kaylany, Kaylanii, Khaylani, Keilanny
Names related to Keilani
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, “Keilani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keilani, updated 20 October 2026.