Kamani
#2,134 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kamani has been given to 1,950 babies in the U.S. since 1995. In 2025 it ranked #2,134 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 88 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 62% girls, 38% boys all-time.
Babies named Kamani, 2025
1 in 37,700
Kamani over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Kamani over time
In 2025, Kamani went to 72% girls and 28% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Kamani?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 37,700
- 88 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 18,300
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #2,134
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 26,114 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kamani sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 26,114 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kamani. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kamanis were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kamani was born before 2016 — so the typical Kamani is around 9 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 36.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 96.1%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,207
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 36.5% of all recorded uses (440).
Is Kamani 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
- +409
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +321
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +2,521
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 2.93×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 100.0%
- Peak was 2025 (88)
- Years since peak
- Peaking now
- At its all-time high
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 18.5% average annual change
Spellings of Kamani
Kamani is not the most common spelling — Imani is, with 12.4% against Kamani's 0.54%.
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 Kamani is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Kamani was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 10,000 girls, against 1 in 38,123 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Mississippi1 in 10,000
- 2South Carolina1 in 10,000
- 3Louisiana1 in 11,111
- 4North Carolina1 in 14,286
- 5Georgia1 in 20,000
- 6Maryland1 in 20,000
- 7New Jersey1 in 33,333
- 8Texas1 in 33,333
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.
Where Kamani is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Kamani was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 852,574 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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. Kamani has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Kamani around the world
Where Kamani ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1976–2000#727in 2000
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Kamani by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Kamani
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Kamani
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.