girls:
1.6k births since 2003
#4175 (27th percentile)
boys:
7 births since 2020
#4579 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 2003
#6159 (20th percentile)
The name Kahlani is the #6,159 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,587 recorded births since 2003. This represents the 20.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,175 (26.9% percentile) for all time with 1,580 births since 2003. For boys, it ranks #4,579 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 2020.
Kahlani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2003 (2003 for girls and 2020 for boys). Birth data for Kahlani is available in 15 out of the 21 years between 2003 and 2023 (15 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kahlani has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kahlani reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 27.6% percentile (ranked #678) with 150 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 150 births per million (ranked 26.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kahlani is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #693 (26.9% percentile) with 150 births per million.
For boys, Kahlani reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #899) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kahlani".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Kahlani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.7% confident that Kahlani is pronounced as kah-LAH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-LAH-nee, at 21.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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