Leilani

What Leilani means

Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”

lei (“a lei; a child”) + lani (“heavenly, royal”); "heavenly lei, royal child".

Source: Wiktionary, “Leilani” (revision 93744058), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Leilani?

US: Rising: up from #177 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1033 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 3,792 girls got the name (#60 that year). First in the US records in 1917.

How common

• About 1 in 424 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,779 baby girls in England and Wales 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 (7.92 per 1,000 girls), HI (5.59 per 1,000 girls), DE (5.32 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Leilani is #60 in the US and #696 in England & Wales (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 Leilani were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Leilany407 US
• Laylani353 US
• Leylani263 US
• Lailani227 US
• Lelani37 US
• Leilanni35 US
• Lolani35 US
• Leilana29 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 Leilani

Girls

• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*
• Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Kailani#253“sea + sky”^*
• Kaia#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #447 in 2015, #193 in 2025

For a brother

• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Kai#93“warrior”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025

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 Leilani’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.