Kailani
The 2025 national count puts Kailani at #253, peaking as we speak. Modern by the data's own clock (1980 is its first appearance), at 12,778 bearers so far.
Kailani’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Kailani, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Kailani since 1980
Kailani peaked in 2022 at #222; #253 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Kailani is most common
By share of a state's recorded girls' names, Kailani runs strongest in Hawaii at 1.12% in 2025, then Delaware and Rhode Island.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Kailani
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Kaylani
#185 in 2025
Kehlani
#149 in 2025
Kennedy
#85 in 2025
Amora
#247 in 2025
Kyrie
#244 in 2025
Adonis
#241 in 2025
Camille
#240 in 2025 · Latin
Muhammad
#239 in 2025
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About Kailani
Where does Kailani rank right now?
The 2025 national count puts Kailani at #253, peaking as we speak. The full curve since 1980 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What is the recorded meaning of Kailani?
Kailani postdates the reference we are able to quote, so no meaning is shown; the popularity record above is the fact this page can stand on.
Which names sit near Kailani?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Kaylani sits closest, with Kehlani and Kennedy just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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