Laylani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lay-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #768 for girls
Laylani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “heavenly flowers, or royal child”. In 2025 it ranked 768th for girls in the US (353 babies).
What does Laylani 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 Laylani a girl's or a boy's name?
Laylani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 353 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laylani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 768th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 353 about 1 in 4,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 353 girls in the US were named Laylani, making it the 768th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,000th. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had the most girls named Laylani of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Laylani in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,290 girls in the US were given Laylani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #46, up from #768 for this spelling alone.
Laylani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 353 | #768 |
| 2024 | 286 | #926 |
| 2023 | 287 | #923 |
| 2022 | 287 | #946 |
| 2021 | 240 | #1,051 |
| 2020 | 255 | #1,000 |
| 2019 | 204 | #1,170 |
| 2018 | 149 | #1,474 |
| 2017 | 178 | #1,311 |
| 2016 | 136 | #1,614 |
| 2015 | 109 | #1,872 |
| 2014 | 115 | #1,781 |
| 2013 | 81 | #2,279 |
| 2012 | 85 | #2,205 |
| 2011 | 77 | #2,395 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,869 |
| 2009 | 48 | #3,408 |
| 2008 | 54 | #3,119 |
| 2007 | 43 | #3,720 |
| 2006 | 48 | #3,367 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Nicknames for Laylani
- Lani 25 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Laylani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kailani, Meilani, Kalani, Nalani, Kaylani, Kehlani, Malani, Alani, Naylani, Milani, Noa, Xolani
Other spellings of Laylani
Leilani, Leilany, Leylani, Lailani, Leilanie, Leilanni, Laelani, Leylanie, Laylanii, Leylany, Leilahni
Names related to Laylani
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, “Laylani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laylani, updated 20 October 2026.