Leilany

What Leilany means

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

Editor’s note 407 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Leilany?

US: Rising: up from #1354 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 417 girls got the name (#706 that year). First in the US records in 1989.

How common

• About 1 in 3,949 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 (1.5 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.87 per 1,000 girls), CO (0.69 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Leilany is #694 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 Leilany 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
• Leilanni35 US
• Leilana29 US
• Lehlani26 US
• Leilahni15 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 Leilany

Girls

• Rowan#249“little red one”^*
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025
• Gianna#33Same root as Jane, meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Selah#216“to hang”^*
• Sienna#94Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #229 in 2015, #94 in 2025

For a brother

• Jaxson#156Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1991, with 13 babies
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Damian#109“to tame”^*
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*

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