Khalani
Khalani was the 904th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 293 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 862nd with 319 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,605 places. More babies were named Khalani in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it kuh-LAH-nee /kəˈlɑni/
- Rank in 2025
- #904 girls, down 6 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 293girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2021319 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,732babies recorded
What does the name Khalani mean?
Khalani is a modern American name, recorded from 2000, with no dictionary entry. It looks like a respelling of Kalani or Kahlani in the style of Hawaiian-sounding names; Hawaiian kalani is ka 'the' + lani 'sky, heaven, royal chief'. Hawaiian spelling has no kh, though, and we found no source showing that parents took it from Hawaiian, so we do not give it a meaning.
How sure is this? Not documented. Probably modeled on Kalani/Kahlani; no documented origin.
Related names: Kalani, Kahlani, Khaleesi.
Sources for this meaning
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
- Wiktionary, entry 'lani' (Hawaiian section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
Nicknames for Khalani
The usual nicknames for Khalani are Lani. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Khalani in the last five years, 34 were named Lani, against 4120 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lani · also for Naylani, Leylani, Leilani | Modern | #1,603 | 522 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Khalanis go by each one.
Khalani popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 61 since 2006.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #904 | 293 |
| 2020 | #898 | 294 |
| 2010 | #7,364 | 17 |
| 2000 | #11,282 | 8 |
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How popular is Khalani, counting every spelling?
Khalani is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #865 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #904 for Khalani on its own. Together these spellings went to 299 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khalani | 293 | #904 | 1,530 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Khalani?
293 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Khalani (0.08 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Khalani born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 29 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Khalani.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Khalani?
About 2,700 people born in the US named Khalani are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 7. That makes Khalani a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Khalani by state
How common Khalani was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (6.2×), Louisiana (4.5×), South Carolina (4.1×), Alabama (3.8×), Georgia (3.4×). In 25 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Khalani: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Khalani, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Khalani · Sibling names for Khalani
Questions about the name Khalani
How popular is the name Khalani?
Khalani was the 904th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 293 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 862nd with 319 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,605 places. More babies were named Khalani in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Khalani a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Khalani in the US.
Where is Khalani most popular?
In 2021–2025, Khalani was most common in Mississippi (1.18 per 1,000 girls), followed by Louisiana and South Carolina.