Leilani Girl
How popular is Leilani?
#60 girl name in 2025
3,792 baby girls were named Leilani in the US in 2025, making it the 60th most popular girl name.
Leilani popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #60 for girls (▲ 6 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,792 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+110% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #177 in 2015, #92 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (3,868 girls) |
| Highest rank | #59 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1917 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Leilani counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Leilani family of names ranked #60 for girls in 2025 (#72 the year before), with 4,622 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Leilani | 3,792 | 82% |
| Leilany | 407 | 9% |
| Leylani | 263 | 6% |
| Leilanie | 41 | 1% |
| Leilanni | 35 | 1% |
| Leylanie | 17 | 0% |
| Leilanny | 14 | 0% |
| Leylany | 15 | 0% |
| Leilahni | 15 | 0% |
| Leihlani | 9 | 0% |
| Leylanni | 5 | 0% |
| Leilanee | 9 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Leilani is most popular
Babies named Leilani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Delaware: 7.1 per 1,000 (81 girls)
- Hawaii: 6.8 per 1,000 (78 girls)
- New Mexico: 6.8 per 1,000 (165 girls)
- Arizona: 4.5 per 1,000 (634 girls)
- Nevada: 4.5 per 1,000 (207 girls)
Leilani by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #4,249 |
| 1920s | 56 | #2,736 |
| 1930s | 345 | #682 |
| 1940s | 810 | #752 |
| 1950s | 713 | #1,050 |
| 1960s | 1,011 | #966 |
| 1970s | 1,315 | #836 |
| 1980s | 1,654 | #743 |
| 1990s | 2,166 | #629 |
| 2000s | 9,261 | #265 |
| 2010s | 18,160 | #107 |
| 2020s | 20,964 | #59 |
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Questions
- Is Leilani a boy or girl name?
- Leilani is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Leilani were girls.
- How popular is the name Leilani?
- 3,792 baby girls were named Leilani in the US in 2025, making it the 60th most popular girl name.
- When was Leilani most popular?
- Leilani peaked in 2022, when 3,868 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #59 in 2022.
- How many people are named Leilani?
- 56,491 babies have been named Leilani in the US since 1880. We estimate about 55,255 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Leilani most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Leilani was most common in Delaware, at 7.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.