Laylani

What Laylani means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Laylani yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,872 in 2015, #768 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Laylani?

US: Rising: up from #1872 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 353 girls got the name (#768 that year). First in the US records in 2000.

How common

• About 1 in 4,553 baby girls in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.07 per 1,000 girls), SC (0.49 per 1,000 girls), IL (0.38 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Laylani is #768 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Laylani were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Leilani3,792 US · 53 E&W
• Leylani263 US
• Lailani227 US
• Lelani37 US
• Lolani35 US
• Layloni30 US
• Lalani29 US
• Lehlani26 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Laylani

Girls

• Ximena#183Basque, meaning “son”^*
• Layla#36Editor’s note Down from #30 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US
• Leila#259Editor’s note Steady in the US: #247 in 2015 and #259 in 2025
• Eden#70possibly “steppe, garden”^*
• Emersyn#138Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #138 vs #3,705 in 2025
• Lucy#24“light”^*

For a brother

• Beckham#168“homestead”^*
• Zayden#213Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 2000, with 11 babies
• Julian#25“Roman personal name”^*
• Axel#79Editor’s note Up from #123 in 2015 to #79 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 410 US boys in the 2025 records
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Jude#155possibly “praised”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Laylani’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.