Given name & surname
Kaili
“a god”
Kaili is used as a given name and a surname. One Hawaiian interpretation is “a god.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hawaiian interpretation is “a god.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hawaiian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kaili through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,931
- 41 boys · 2,890 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 171 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #6,426 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 18 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,426 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 15.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 164 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,821 as a first name in 2020; 194 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kaili’s family of names
Kaili has a related form in Kailey. Kaili has a related form in Kaila. Kaili has a related form in Kailee.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kaili
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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