Kelani
Quick answers about Kelani
How many people are named Kelani?
An estimated 1,691 living Americans are named Kelani.
How rare is Kelani?
Kelani is uncommon among babies today, with 137 girls receiving the name in 2025, down 24.7% from its 2020 peak.
How old is the typical Kelani?
The median age of a living American named Kelani is approximately 6 years, with most bearers falling between 3 and 10 years old.
Is Kelani still popular?
Yes — Kelani is currently rising in popularity, with 137 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 6.3× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Kelani most common?
Kelani has its strongest geographic signal in Georgia, where it appears 2.9× more often than the national baseline.
Kelani is most concentrated in Georgia — about 2.9× the national rate in the 2020s. It also runs high in North Carolina.
States where Kelani is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.