Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kalani*

#1,418 most common girls' name of all time · #2,455 across all names · 18% male / 82% female · used 1959–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#1,418
Rank overall
#2,455 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
12,515
Since 2016
7,746
Peak year
2021 #339
Best rank
#339 2021
Girls Boys peak 1,003/yr
1960198020002020

Kalani first appears in 1959. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 800 21 821 #387
2024 921 36 957 #339
2023 814 33 847 #380
2022 843 37 880 #375
2021 959 44 1,003 #339
2020 784 43 827 #398
2019 668 38 706 #469
2018 527 43 570 #584
2017 568 57 625 #545
2016 433 77 510 #679
2015 334 57 391 #841
2014 239 63 302 #1,073
2013 170 78 248 #1,375
2012 180 79 259 #1,311
2011 158 75 233 #1,434
2010 126 69 195 #1,684
2009 166 86 252 #1,417
2008 108 67 175 #1,957
2007 120 69 189 #1,787
2006 134 81 215 #1,603
2005 113 65 178 #1,747
2004 143 66 209 #1,440
2003 107 61 168 #1,763
2002 92 65 157 #1,927
2001 81 58 139 #2,071
2000 68 52 120 #2,290
1999 65 48 113 #2,292
1998 44 39 83 #2,949
1997 49 25 74 #2,605
1996 38 28 66 #3,120
1995 43 27 70 #2,812
1994 35 32 67 #3,263
1993 28 30 58 #3,826
1992 19 27 46 #5,146
1991 18 24 42 #5,279
1990 29 27 56 #3,670
1989 23 34 57 #4,179
1988 30 19 49 #3,266
1987 16 21 37 #4,971
1986 17 23 40 #4,641
1985 14 24 38 #5,214
1984 11 20 31 #6,091
1983 12 12 24 #5,647
1982 12 17 29 #5,714
1981 17 19 36 #4,452
1980 15 22 37 #4,883
1979 10 14 24 #6,444
1978 8 19 27 #7,256
1977 14 27 41 #4,823
1976 9 20 29 #6,343
1975 7 23 30 #7,580
1974 5 16 21 #9,353
1973 13 13
1972 6 8 14 #7,811
1971 7 13 20 #7,064
1970 5 5 #8,670
1969 8 8
1967 9 9
1966 5 5
1964 5 5 #7,510
1963 11 9 20 #4,256
1961 5 5
1960 5 5
1959 5 5