Leiani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lay-AH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,167 for girls
Leiani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,167th for girls in the US (50 babies).
Where does Leiani come from?
Modern: modern name modelled on Leilani
Is Leiani a girl's or a boy's name?
Leiani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leiani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,167among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 32,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 68% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 50 girls in the US were named Leiani, making it the 3,167th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had the most girls named Leiani of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Leiani in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 102 girls in the US were given Leiani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,669, up from #3,167 for this spelling alone.
Leiani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #3,167 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Leiani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani Kaylani Malani Kailani Naylani Meilani Kalani Nailani Nalani Alani Ilani Milani
Other spellings of Leiani
Names related to Leiani
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Leiani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leiani, updated 20 October 2026.