Khelani
Khelani was the 2311th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 79 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1736th with 119 babies. More babies were named Khelani in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,311 girls, down 373 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 79girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2021119 babies
- Total since 1880
- 843babies recorded
Khelani popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #2,311 | 79 |
| 2020 | #1,938 | 99 |
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How popular is Khelani, counting every spelling?
Khelani is the most common spelling of a name family that had 87 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 87 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khelani | 79 | #2,311 | 488 |
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 Khelani?
79 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Khelani (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Khelani 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 106 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Khelani.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Khelani?
About 800 people born in the US named Khelani are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 7. That makes Khelani 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.
Khelani by state
How common Khelani was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (2.1×), North Carolina (1.9×). In 38 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 Khelani: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Khelani, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Khelani
How popular is the name Khelani?
Khelani was the 2311th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 79 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1736th with 119 babies. More babies were named Khelani in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Khelani a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Khelani in the US.
Where is Khelani most popular?
In 2021–2025, Khelani was most common in Mississippi (0.32 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and North Carolina.