Kamani
Masculine
Kamani is given to both — 743 boys and 1,207 girls since 1880. See Kamani as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Kamani is a name several unrelated languages have arrived at: a Hawaiian tree, a Swahili word, and an American construction on the Ka- opening. It is given to boys and girls alike.
How old is the name Kamani?
Kamani first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Kamani alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 700 people named Kamani are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kamani most popular?
Kamani peaked in 2012, reaching #2869 nationally. Today it ranks #3314, 445 places below that high. See the whole 2012 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kamani
Ours, offered as ours. The Hawaiian kamani is worth knowing about even if it is not the source: a broad shore tree that Polynesian voyagers carried with them across the Pacific because its timber made bowls and its oil made medicine — a plant that traveled by canoe. Whether any American family had it in mind is unrecorded. What is certain is that the name has the open-vowel shape that both Polynesian and modern American naming favor, which is why it can be read as either.
Meaningnot established
Not established
There is no single source. Hawaiian kamani is a large coastal tree valued for its timber and oil. Swahili and Indian usages exist independently. In American records the name most often belongs to the Ka- and -ani families that produced Kamari, Amari and Jamani in the same decades.
Pronouncing Kamani
kah-MAH-nee
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Every vowel is open.
Nicknames for Kamani
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1991
- Most boys named
- 201241 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2869reached in 2012
- Change vs 2024
- +25.0%35 in 2025, from 28
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kamani in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kamani in Hawaiian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Georgia, Florida.
Kamanis among us
people named Kamani are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 48,802 born in 2025 was named Kamani
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kamani
- #3314
- Kamani on the 2025 chart
- #876
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kamani went to 35 boys in 2025, but Khamani is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 52, which makes it the 876th most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,438 places above the chart.
- Kamani35
- Khamani17
About 1 boy in 32,848 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 48,802 for Kamani itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Bon test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kamani's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Bon climbed just as high around 1938, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Bon's path sketches the road Kamani is walking now.
Kamani sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Kamani is headed
Kamani should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Kamani beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kamani in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Kam and Mani are both usable short forms with their own lives.
- Open vowels throughout make it easy in a great many languages.
- It works for a boy or a girl, which is useful before a birth.
- Kamari, Kamani and Kamare are all close and get confused.
- Being used for both sexes means forms and teachers will sometimes guess wrong.
- There is no single meaning, so the honest answer names several traditions.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kamanis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Kamani are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kamani?
- Kamani is the most-used spelling in US records — 35 of the 52 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Khamani.
- How popular is the name Kamani in 2025?
- Kamani ranks #3314 among US boy names in 2025, with 35 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kamani?
- About 1 in every 48,802 US boys born in 2025 was named Kamani — 35 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kamani with classmates?
- Kamani will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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