How Many People Are Named Kelani?
people named Kelani are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 193,975 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,774 babies named Kelani in Social Security records from 1976 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
189 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kelani, 96.3% were girls and 3.7% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 96.2% of the babies were girls then and 98.7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kelani alive today is about 8 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 9 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kelani first appears in the records in 1976 and was given most often in 2020, to 189 babies. In 2025, 137 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1976 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kelani has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,252, in 2020. In 2025 it ranked #1,542.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,542 |
| Best rank | #1,252 (2020) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,417 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kelani alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kelani were born in Florida than in any other state: about 154 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kelani was given 3.8 times as often in Georgia, 2.6 times in Florida and 2.5 times in North Carolina.
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