Fun Facts About the Name Kylani
- 679 babies named Kylani: U.S. records list 679 babies given the name Kylani from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kylani Mean?
Kylani is a modern English spelling of Kailani, a name from the Hawaiian language. It is built from two Hawaiian elements: kai, meaning "sea" or "ocean," and lani, meaning "sky," "heaven," or "heavenly." Read literally, the compound means "sea and sky"; it is also commonly rendered as "heavenly sea."
In Hawaiian, lani carries an added sense of "royal" or "exalted," since it was used in reference to chiefs, so the customary English gloss "heavenly sea" reflects that broader range rather than a strict word-for-word translation.
Kylani Name History & Origins
The elements of Kylani are old in Hawaiian naming. Lani appears in many traditional Hawaiian names, such as Leilani (from lei, "garland," and lani), and the word was tied to the high rank of the aliʻi, the Hawaiian chiefly class.
Kailani and its variants entered wider use in the United States during the later twentieth century, part of a broader interest in Hawaiian and Polynesian names. The spelling Kylani belongs to that group of English-language respellings: the Kai- of Kailani is written Ky-, and the stress falls on the middle syllable, giving a form that reads more phonetically to English speakers. Spellings such as Kaylani and Kylani sit alongside Kailani and do not represent separate Hawaiian names.
How Popular is the Name Kylani?
Kylani has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2024. Its best rank was #1,883 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,031 | 94 | 0.0058% |
| 2024 | #1,883 | 106 | 0.0066% |
| 2023 | #2,955 | 57 | 0.0036% |
| 2022 | #2,456 | 74 | 0.0045% |
| 2021 | #2,942 | 57 | 0.0035% |
| 2020 | #2,869 | 57 | 0.0035% |
| 2019 | #3,305 | 48 | 0.0029% |
| 2018 | #4,409 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 2017 | #4,638 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2016 | #8,218 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #8,707 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #8,306 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2013 | #8,381 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2012 | #8,448 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2011 | #12,819 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #10,862 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #14,537 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #13,244 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #19,180 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #17,972 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #13,529 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #17,159 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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