Kelani
Girl · keh-LAH-nee · Modern
Kelani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 1,540th for girls in the US (137 babies).
What does Kelani mean?
Modern: Ke- + -lani, in the style of Leilani
A modern coinage ending in -lani, a Hawaiian word for sky or heaven.
- Say it
- keh-LAH-nee
Is Kelani a girl's or a boy's name?
Kelani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 137 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kelani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Kelani, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Kelani of any year since it first appeared, in 2017.
In 2025, 51 girls in the UK were given Kelani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #725, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Kelani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
How popular is Kelani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,540among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 137about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 137 girls in the US were named Kelani, making it the 1,540th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 182 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had fewer girls named Kelani than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Kelani in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,279 girls in the US were given Kelani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #156, up from #1,540 for this spelling alone.
Kelani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 137 | #1,540 |
| 2024 | 168 | #1,358 |
| 2023 | 141 | #1,519 |
| 2022 | 165 | #1,387 |
| 2021 | 147 | #1,460 |
| 2020 | 182 | #1,246 |
| 2019 | 124 | #1,687 |
| 2018 | 113 | #1,799 |
| 2017 | 92 | #2,097 |
| 2016 | 56 | #2,966 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,914 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Kelani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kalani Noa Alani Milani Elani Koa Layla Xyla Kali Poppy Kaia Khloe
Other spellings of Kelani
Names related to Kelani
Keilani Kelly-Ann Kellyann Keilany Keylani Kaelani Kylani Klani
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