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Girl name

Kilani

100% girls · 16 born in 2025

Kilani has been given to about 281 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2019, which makes it a current name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables3
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 279
Median age today8 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Kilani per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2019 · 29
  • Born in 202516
  • All time281

How popular is Kilani?

Its best year was 2019, when 29 babies were given the name, ranking 4720th. The typical living American called Kilani is about 8 years old today.

Names that sound like Kilani

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Milani0.88
  2. Kailani0.85
  3. Keilani0.85
  4. Ailani0.84
  5. Kalani0.82
  6. Kaylani0.81
  7. Kymani0.79
  8. Leilani0.75

Middle names for Kilani

Ranked by flow score
  1. Kilani Rose0.85
  2. Kilani Marie0.85
  3. Kilani Grace0.85
  4. Kilani Jane0.85
  5. Kilani Louise0.85
  6. Kilani June0.84

Sibling names for Kilani

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Matheobrother · 0.85
  2. Emilianasister · 0.85
  3. Jaxxonbrother · 0.84
  4. Westynbrother · 0.84
  5. Rowyneither · 0.83
  6. Seraphinasister · 0.83

Where Kilani is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Kilani Reyes0.80
    2. Kilani Nguyen0.80
    3. Kilani Moore0.80
    4. Kilani Lee0.80
    5. Kilani Hall0.80
    6. Kilani Green0.80

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Kilani

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.