Lailani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lay-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #1,069 for girls
Lailani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “heavenly flowers, or royal child”. In 2025 it ranked 1,069th for girls in the US (227 babies).
What does Lailani mean?
Hawaiian: spelling of Leilani, from Hawaiian lei and lani
“heavenly flowers, or royal child”
A spelling of Leilani, from Hawaiian lei, garland or beloved child, and lani, sky or heaven.
Is Lailani a girl's or a boy's name?
Lailani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 227 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lailani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,069among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 227about 1 in 7,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 227 girls in the US were named Lailani, making it the 1,069th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,214th. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had the most girls named Lailani of any year since it first appeared, in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Lailani in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,290 girls in the US were given Lailani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #46, up from #1,069 for this spelling alone.
Lailani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 227 | #1,069 |
| 2024 | 155 | #1,429 |
| 2023 | 159 | #1,407 |
| 2022 | 190 | #1,259 |
| 2021 | 194 | #1,219 |
| 2020 | 188 | #1,214 |
| 2019 | 140 | #1,540 |
| 2018 | 131 | #1,623 |
| 2017 | 123 | #1,721 |
| 2016 | 109 | #1,875 |
| 2015 | 95 | #2,060 |
| 2014 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2013 | 74 | #2,439 |
| 2012 | 84 | #2,232 |
| 2011 | 73 | #2,482 |
| 2010 | 68 | #2,642 |
| 2009 | 65 | #2,751 |
| 2008 | 63 | #2,831 |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,822 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,915 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 42 | #3,408 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Nicknames for Lailani
- Lani 25 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lailani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kailani Kalani Meilani Nalani Kaylani Kehlani Alani Malani Naylani Noa Milani Xolani
Other spellings of Lailani
Leilani Leilany Laylani Leylani Leilanie Leilanni Laelani Leylanie Laylanii Leylany Leilahni
Names related to Lailani
More Hawaiian names
Kai Koa Makai Keanu Koah Kailany Kaleo Lani Luana Makoa Nakoa Alakai Kaelani Noelani Ohana Lilo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lailani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lailani, updated 20 October 2026.