Is Kelani a boy or girl name?

Kelani is a girl’s name. Of the 1,774 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 96.3% were girls and 3.7% were boys.

Kelani

Recorded 1976–2025 · United States

Kelani was most popular in 2020, when 189 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,249 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,855, with 137 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,774 people named Kelani.

Kelani over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kelani’s peak in 2020. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kelani a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kelani is a girl’s name — 96.3% of the 1,774 Americans given it were girls and 3.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 97% girls and 3% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Kelani

Where Kelani is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org