Kealani

#8,102 in 2025Girls' name

White + sky

Kealani has been given to 545 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #8,102 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2000, with 29 recorded.

Babies named Kealani, 2025

1 in 255,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kealani: meaning, origin, and history

White + sky

Hawaiian

What Kealani means

Kealani means “white + sky”, associated with kea and lani.

Origin, language, and formation

Kealani is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include Hawaiian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Kealani is pronounced /ke.aˈla.ni/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 545 girls were recorded with the name Kealani between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 29 in 2000; its best national rank was #4,234 in 2000.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,672 in 2020 to #8,102 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,498 in 2015 to #8,102 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 Kealani?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 255,000; 13 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 124,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #8,102; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 176,762 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kealani 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 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kealani. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kealanis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kealani was born before 2008 — so the typical Kealani is around 17 today.

Median birth year: 2008; About 17 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 36.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 76.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 545; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 36.0% of all recorded uses (196).

Is Kealani 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: −326; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +570; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +2,396; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.30×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 44.8%; Peak was 2000 (29)
Years since peak: 25; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 38.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,234; 2000

Spellings of Kealani

Kealani is not the most common spelling — Leilani is, with 30.2% against Kealani's 0.29%.

Leilani30.2%56,466
Alani10.1%18,799
Kehlani7.7%14,481
Kailani6.8%12,778
Kaylani6.4%11,877
Kalani5.5%10,278
Nalani4.3%7,954
Malani3.8%7,112

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 Kealani is used

Across 1910–2025, Kealani was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 12,500 girls, against 1 in 92,037 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in 100,000).

18 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Hawaii1 in 12,500
2California1 in 100,000

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

Kealani by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #8,102
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 570
Best rank ever: #4,234; 2000
Peak year: 2000; 29 that year
First recorded: 1977
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 545
Count in 2025: 13

Names similar to Kealani

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

Keani Aishani Nailani Jaelani Jailani Mehlani Kearia Miliani Mahlani Daylani Mailani Keairra Khamani Normani Germani Keatyn Kalyani Maelani Keylani Khelani Keaton Harmani Jahlani Jermani

Sibling names for Kealani

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

Madisen Lesli Destiney Gabriel Sydnie Savana Cinthia Shakira

For a brother

Garret Samual Donavon Shamar Jarod Brandan Zakary Coty

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