A reliable meaning for Cailani isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cailani through the years
Babies since 1880
158
0 boys · 158 girls
Most popular year
2021
25 babies
2025
24
#5,273 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+98%
Rising fast
Cailani in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2017–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,273 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.