Khelani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- keh-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,298 for girls
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Khelani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 2,298th for girls in the US (79 babies).
What does Khelani mean?
Modern: spelling of Kehlani, a -lani coinage
A modern coinage ending in -lani, a Hawaiian word for sky or heaven.
Is Khelani a girl's or a boy's name?
Khelani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 79 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khelani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 400% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Khelani, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls.
In 2025, 51 girls in the UK were given Khelani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #725, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Khelani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
How popular is Khelani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,298among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 79about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 79 girls in the US were named Khelani, making it the 2,298th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,924th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 119 girls. It first appears in the records in 2016.
2025 had fewer girls named Khelani than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Khelani in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,279 girls in the US were given Khelani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #156, up from #2,298 for this spelling alone.
Khelani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #2,298 |
| 2024 | 88 | #2,150 |
| 2023 | 107 | #1,865 |
| 2022 | 95 | #2,034 |
| 2021 | 119 | #1,730 |
| 2020 | 99 | #1,924 |
| 2019 | 91 | #2,070 |
| 2018 | 77 | #2,361 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,835 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
Names like Khelani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kalani Noa Alani Milani Elani Koa Xyla Layla Poppy Kali Kaia Khloe
Other spellings of Khelani
Names related to Khelani
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, “Khelani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khelani, updated 20 October 2026.