Kamalani

#10,485 in 2025Girls' name

Child + sky

Kamalani has been given to 309 babies in the U.S. since 1994. In 2025 it ranked #10,485 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2004, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Kamalani, 2025

1 in 368,000

Kamalani over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kamalani: meaning, origin, and history

Child + sky

Hawaiian

What Kamalani means

Kamalani means “child + sky”, associated with kama and lani.

Origin, language, and formation

Kamalani is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include Hawaiian.

Kamalani is a modern formation.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Kamalani is pronounced /ka.maˈla.ni/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 303 girls were recorded with the name Kamalani between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2004; its best national rank was #5,391 in 1996.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,775 in 2020 to #10,485 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #9,207 in 2015 to #10,485 in 2025.

In the United States, 6 boys were recorded with the name Kamalani between 1998 and 1998. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1998; its best national rank was #9,052 in 1998.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kamalani?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 368,000; 9 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 179,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #10,485; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 255,323 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kamalani 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 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kamalani. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kamalanis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kamalani was born before 2005 — so the typical Kamalani is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 38.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 70.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 303; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 38.9% of all recorded uses (118).

Is Kamalani 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: +1,129; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +2,290; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,278; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.75×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 47.4%; Peak was 2004 (19)
Years since peak: 21; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 34.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,391; 1996

Spellings of Kamalani

Kamalani is not the most common spelling — Kailani is, with 24.8% against Kamalani's 0.59%.

Kailani24.8%12,778
Kaylani23.0%11,877
Kalani19.9%10,278
Malani13.8%7,112
Khalani5.2%2,671
Kahlani4.3%2,213
Kaelani2.5%1,315
Kamala2.5%1,295

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 Kamalani is used

Across 1910–2025, Kamalani was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 2,857 girls, against 1 in 2,834 across all states with data.

3535 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Hawaii1 in 2,857

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. Kamalani has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kamalani by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #10,485
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 2,290
Best rank ever: #5,391; 1996
Peak year: 2004; 19 that year
First recorded: 1994
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 303
Count in 2025: 9

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,052; 1998
Peak year: 1998; 6 that year
First recorded: 1998
Last recorded: 1998
All-time count: 6
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kamalani

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

Kamani Kamariah Kamaiyah Kamariya Kamilia Kamylah Kamayah Kamauri Kameela Kamaiya Kamyiah Kamirah Kamarah Kamarii Kamelia Kamyrah Kampbell Kamaree Kamoura Kameisha Kameshia Kamorah Mahogani Kambryn

Sibling names for Kamalani

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

Sydnie Alysa Sydni Gabriel Shakira Cydney Madisen Shyann

For a brother

Aaden Jarod Zakary Garret Samual Donavon Shamar Coty

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