Kalani

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kalani: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kalani: Recorded since 2005, it reached #1,562 in 2019, and it stood at #2,115 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#1562highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#5061
2007	#5201
2013	#5742
2016	#2757
2017	#2090
2018	#2340
2019	#1562
2020	#1846
2021	#1692
2022	#2888
2023	#2201
2024	#2115

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 11 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #3849 among boys in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2006–2024
Highest recorded position: #1562 among girls in England and Wales, in 2019 (recorded 2006–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2115 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Kalani appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 12 ranked years and 126 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Boys, from 2005.

Kalani across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kalani's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#3849 (2005)	#1986 (2019)	#5119 (2024)	11 of 20	54 (2005–2024)	11 (2019)
England and Wales · Girls	#5061 (2006)	#1562 (2019)	#2115 (2024)	12 of 19	126 (2006–2024)	19 (2019)

Kalani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kalani in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	6	2 of 10	3
2010s	55	5 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	65	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kalani appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1562 in England and Wales in 2019.

Kalani's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2115	13	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1846	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2005 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,562, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kalam · #1367, 11y
Kalan · #715, 21y
Kaleb · #75, 30y
Kaleem · #751, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aayla · #1562, 16y
Elsie-Grace · #1562, 10y
Ramisha · #1557, 16y
Aaiza · #1568, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aamilah · #1562, 21y
Aayla · #1562, 16y
Aaiza · #1568, 19y
Amiah · #1556, 21y

Kalani and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kalani without appearing here.

Kalani moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1562 and #5591.
Maren Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5742 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2090 and #5765.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2757 and #5785.
Finley Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5201 and #1965 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2757 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Kalani

Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1986 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #1935.
Arlo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1692 and #1785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #1849.

Moved the opposite way to Kalani

Abigail Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kalani went from #5061 to #2115 while Abigail went from #23 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kalani went from #5061 to #2115 while Aimee went from #65 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kalani went from #5061 to #2115 while Aisling went from #1004 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kalani went from #5061 to #2115 while Alex went from #279 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Kalani

Ada Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kalani went from #5061 to #2115 and Ada from #976 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kalani went from #5061 to #2115 and Alma from #1087 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kalani went from #5061 to #2115 and Amelia from #16 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kalani went from #5061 to #2115 and Aria from #1280 to #35.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1562 in England and Wales in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kalani

Kalani at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kalani across 2 official records

Kalani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kalani appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Kalani at a glance

Kalani across 2 official records

Kalani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kalani appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Kalani and the names beside it

Kalani moved ahead of

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