Meaning and history
The name means “the heavens,” from Hawaiian ka meaning “the” and lani meaning “heaven, sky, royal, majesty.”
20062006: 134 births, rank #1,597
2007: 120 births, rank #1,784
2008: 108 births, rank #1,949
2009: 166 births, rank #1,414
2010: 126 births, rank #1,678
20112011: 158 births, rank #1,434
2012: 180 births, rank #1,307
2013: 170 births, rank #1,371
2014: 239 births, rank #1,072
2015: 334 births, rank #838
20162016: 433 births, rank #675
2017: 568 births, rank #544
2018: 527 births, rank #583
2019: 668 births, rank #469
2020: 784 births, rank #397
20212021: 959 births, rank #339
2022: 843 births, rank #375
2023: 814 births, rank #378
2024: 921 births, rank #339
20252025: 800 births, rank #387
Kalani moved from #339 to #387 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2021, with 959 births.