Kahealani

#8,593 in 2025Girls' name

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Kahealani has been given to 469 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #8,593 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Kahealani, 2025

1 in 276,000

Kahealani over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kahealani: meaning, origin, and history

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Hawaiian

What Kahealani means

Kahealani means “the”, associated with ka.

Origin, language, and formation

Kahealani is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include Hawaiian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Kahealani is pronounced /kaˌhe.aˈla.ni/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 469 girls were recorded with the name Kahealani between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2019; its best national rank was #5,335 in 1978.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,054 in 2020 to #8,593 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,473 in 2015 to #8,593 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Kahealani?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 276,000; 12 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 134,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #8,593; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 191,493 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kahealani sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kahealani. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kahealanis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kahealani was born before 2003 — so the typical Kahealani is around 22 today.

Median birth year: 2003; About 22 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 21.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 56.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 469; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 21.3% of all recorded uses (100).

Is Kahealani rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +1,279; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −1,539; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,880; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.20×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 66.7%; Peak was 2019 (18)
Years since peak: 6; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,335; 1978

Spellings of Kahealani

Kahealani is not the most common spelling — Khalani is, with 30.8% against Kahealani's 5.4%.

Khalani30.8%2,671
Kahlani25.5%2,213
Kaelani15.1%1,315
Khelani9.7%843
Mahealani7.2%629
Kealani6.3%545
Kahealani5.4%469

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kahealani is used

Across 1910–2025, Kahealani was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 2,326 girls, against 1 in 80,758 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

043 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Hawaii1 in 2,326
2California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kahealani has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kahealani by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #8,593
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 1,539
Best rank ever: #5,335; 1978
Peak year: 2019; 18 that year
First recorded: 1975
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 469
Count in 2025: 12

Names similar to Kahealani

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kahlani Kahmani Kahani Kahliyah Mahealani Getsemani Nohealani Kaiulani Kahleesi Mahogani Kamalani Kahleah Leighlani Amayrani Sukhmani Kahlea Kahmari Kahliya Mahlani Mehlani Nailani Kehaulani Daylani Aishani

Sibling names for Kahealani

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Rhianna Adelle Anabel Hayleigh Jaiden Shaniya

For a brother

Aaden Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn

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