Spellings
Kehlani or Keilani?
In the US in 2025, 84% of babies in this name family were spelled Kehlani and 16% Keilani. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
The order has flipped. In 2015, Keilani led with 74% of the family's births; in 2025, Kehlani leads with 84%. All spellings together, the family went from 193 to 2,364 births (×12).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kehlani | 50 | 1,981 | ×40 |
| Keilani | 143 | 383 | ×3 |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /keɪˈlɑni/ (kay-LAH-nee). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Kehlani 20 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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