girls:
1.4k births since 1976
#4328 (24th percentile)
boys:
66 births since 2009
#4520 (1st percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1976
#6278 (19th percentile)
The name Kelani is the #6,278 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,467 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 18.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,328 (24.3% percentile) for all time with 1,401 births since 1976. For boys, it ranks #4,520 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 66 births since 2009.
Kelani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for girls and 2009 for boys). Birth data for Kelani is available in 35 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023 (35 years for girls and 10 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 Kelani has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kelani reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 18.9% percentile (ranked #763) with 103 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 103 births per million (ranked 18.9% percentile). Despite a peak around 1995, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Kelani ranks #812 for girls (14.3% percentile) with 80 births per million, which is 77.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kelani reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #901) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kelani".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kelani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.5% confident that Kelani is pronounced as keh-LAH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-LAH-nee, at 37.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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