girls:
10.4k births since 1980
#1552 (73rd percentile)
boys:
45 births since 2007
#4541 (1st percentile)
overall:
10.4k births since 1980
#2594 (66th percentile)
The name Kailani is the #2,594 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,449 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 66.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 66.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,552 (72.9% percentile) for all time with 10,404 births since 1980. For boys, it ranks #4,541 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 45 births since 2007.
Kailani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (1980 for girls and 2007 for boys). Birth data for Kailani is available in 42 out of the 44 years between 1980 and 2023 (42 years for girls and 7 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 Kailani has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kailani reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 77.5% percentile (ranked #216) with 752 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 752 births per million (ranked 77.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1985, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kailani is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #215 (77.4% percentile) with 752 births per million.
For boys, Kailani reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #908) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kailani is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #908 (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kailani".
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Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Kailani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.3% confident that Kailani is pronounced as kai-LAH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kay-LAH-nee, at 17.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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