Meaning and history
Kaylani is a modern English variant of the Hawaiian name Kailani, formed from kai, meaning "sea," and lani, meaning "sky," "heaven" or "chief." The spelling belongs to a recent family of related forms that also includes Kailany and Kehlani, and it has no long-established historical namesake.
20062006: 103 births, rank #1,939
2007: 125 births, rank #1,734
2008: 161 births, rank #1,461
2009: 147 births, rank #1,538
2010: 160 births, rank #1,431
20112011: 188 births, rank #1,266
2012: 176 births, rank #1,334
2013: 170 births, rank #1,371
2014: 204 births, rank #1,195
2015: 250 births, rank #1,054
20162016: 375 births, rank #760
2017: 435 births, rank #674
2018: 648 births, rank #485
2019: 763 births, rank #410
2020: 912 births, rank #340
20212021: 1,126 births, rank #281
2022: 1,222 births, rank #252
2023: 1,250 births, rank #246
2024: 1,305 births, rank #239
20252025: 1,675 births, rank #185
Kaylani rose from #240 to #185 for girls between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 1,675.