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Kaylani

Meaning
Ocean + sky
Origin
Variant of Kailani · Combines Hawaiian kai (ocean) and lani (sky) (from Hawaiian)

Girl's name · #185 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Kaylani is climbing: on the charts since 1987, it reached #185 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 1,700 girls given the name last year. Roughly 12,000 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#144 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #174 in Ecuador (2025) · #350 in Mexico (2024) · #2,916 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,774 in Canada (2024).

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Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Kailani (#253) and Kailany (#581), Kaylani would rank around #70 with about 3,400 births last year — the newborns split about 49/36/15 across Kaylani, Kailani, and Kailany.

Similar names: Kailani · Ailani · Kalani · Journee · Naia · Kaia

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