Kalani
Pronounced K AA1 L AA1 N IY0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2021
- 62 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Kalani?
Kalani is a girls' name, and first appears in 1963. It has been given to 13,675 children — the 1,300th most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about six times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2021, when 1,235 children were given it.
Kahlani is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Kalani and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Kahlani
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K AA1 L AA1 N IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 110
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Kalani
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Kalani
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Kalani?
- Kalani ranks 1,300th among girls' names in US records, with 13,675 births since 1963. Over the past decade it accounts for 8,788.
- Is Kalani a unisex name?
- No. Kalani is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Kalani most popular?
- 2021, when 1,235 children were given the name. It has been in use for 62 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Kalani spelled?
- Kahlani. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.