Khaylani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kay-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Khaylani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Khaylani mean?
Modern: spelling of Kaylani; blend of Kay and Leilani
A modern blend of Kay with the -lani ending of Leilani; lani is Hawaiian for sky or heaven.
Meaning borrowed from Kaylani.
Is Khaylani a girl's or a boy's name?
Khaylani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khaylani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 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, 16 girls in the US were named Khaylani, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Khaylani in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,600 girls in the US were given Khaylani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #132, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
Khaylani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
Nicknames for Khaylani
- Kay 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Khaylani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kailani, Malani, Kalani, Naylani, Nailani, Meilani, Kylani, Ilani, Klani, Xylani, Xolani
Other spellings of Khaylani
Kaylani, Keilani, Keilany, Keylani, Kaylanie, Kaylanni, Caylani, Kaylany, Kaylanii, Keilanny
Names related to Khaylani
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, “Khaylani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khaylani, updated 20 October 2026.