Kaylani
Pronounced K EY1 L AA1 N IY0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 38 years in use
- 5 spellings
How popular is Kaylani?
Kaylani is a girls' name, and first appears in 1987. It has been given to 11,969 children — the 1,273rd 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 2024, when 1,478 children were given it.
Five other spellings are counted in that total — Khelani, Kayloni, Caylani and two more — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Kaylani and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Khelani
- Kayloni
- Caylani
- Kayelani
- Kayeloni
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K EY1 L AA1 N IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 110
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Kaylani
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Kaylani
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Kaylani?
- Kaylani ranks 1,273rd among girls' names in US records, with 11,969 births since 1987. Over the past decade it accounts for 9,688.
- Is Kaylani a unisex name?
- No. Kaylani is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Kaylani most popular?
- 2024, when 1,478 children were given the name. It has been in use for 38 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Kaylani spelled?
- Khelani, Kayloni, Caylani, Kayelani, Kayeloni. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.