Khlani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KLAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Khlani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
Where does Khlani come from?
Modern: spelling of Klani; contracted form of names like Kalani
Meaning borrowed from Klani.
Is Khlani a girl's or a boy's name?
Khlani 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 Khlani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Khlani, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 2017.
Half of all the girls named Khlani in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 93 girls in the US were given Khlani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,785, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
- Klani 77
- Khlani 16
Khlani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
Names like Khlani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kaylani, Kailani, Kalani, Malani, Nailani, Naylani, Meilani, Kylani, Ilani, Xylani, Xolani
Other spellings of Khlani
Names related to Khlani
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, “Khlani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khlani, updated 20 October 2026.