girls:
241 births since 2002
#5475 (4th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 2021
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
247 births since 2002
#7492 (3rd percentile)
The name Kayani is the #7,492 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 247 recorded births since 2002. This represents the 3.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,475 (4.2% percentile) for all time with 241 births since 2002. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 2021.
Kayani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2002 (2002 for girls and 2021 for boys). Birth data for Kayani is available in 20 out of the 22 years between 2002 and 2023 (20 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 Kayani has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kayani reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #917) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kayani is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #917 (3.2% percentile) with 20 births per million.
For boys, Kayani reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #929) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kayani".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Kayani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 28.2% confident that Kayani is pronounced as kah-YAH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-YAH-nee, at 20.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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