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Leilani

Gender
Girl
Say it
lay-LAH-nee
Origin
Hawaiian
UK rank, 2025
#752 for girls
US rank, 2025
#60 for girls

Leilani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “heavenly flowers, or royal child”. In 2025 it ranked 752nd for girls in the UK (53 babies) and 60th for girls in the US (3,792 babies).

What does Leilani mean?

Hawaiian: from Hawaiian lei and lani

“heavenly flowers, or royal child”

From Hawaiian lei, a flower garland or beloved child, and lani, sky, heaven or royal.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Leilani a girl's or a boy's name?

Leilani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 53 girls in the UK and 3,792 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Leilani in the UK?

Rank in 2025
752nd among girls
Babies in 2025
53 about 1 in 5,300 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 16% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 53 girls in the UK were named Leilani, making it the 752nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 679th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 68 girls.

Half of all the girls named Leilani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 696th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 68 in 20222025
Leilani in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202553#752
202442#907
202358#681
202268#613
202159#698
202059#679
201934#1,085
201839#995
201737#1,041
201647#864
201536#1,062
201435#1,080
201325#1,402
201236#1,058
201128#1,238
201039#949
200924#1,330
200832#1,034
200735#941
200637#868
200532#918
200446#690
200336#804
200224#1,016
200118#1,204
20009#1,942
199914#1,415
19986#2,535
19975#2,896
19964#3,289

How popular is Leilani in the US?

Rank in 2025
60th among girls
Babies in 2025
3,792 about 1 in 420 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 32% in five years
Same name in a class
3.3% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3,792 girls in the US were named Leilani, making it the 60th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 92nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 3,868 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.

Half of all the girls named Leilani in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 5,290 girls in the US were given Leilani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #46, up from #60 for this spelling alone.

1917Busiest: 3,868 in 20222025
Leilani in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253,792#60
20243,365#66
20233,562#61
20223,868#59
20213,485#68
20202,892#92
20192,703#107
20182,519#120
20172,284#129
20161,971#159
20151,807#177
20141,540#218
20131,391#231
20121,415#224
20111,304#244
20101,226#267
20091,243#265
20081,231#276
20071,188#286
20061,067#310
2005954#334
2004937#341
2003883#353
2002660#440
2001593#468
2000505#521
1999375#629
1998296#736
1997275#765
1996209#930
1995165#1,077
1994194#955
1993186#994
1992154#1,144
1991155#1,141
1990157#1,107
1989148#1,115
1988144#1,091
1987140#1,088
1986159#987
1985154#987
1984141#1,011
1983169#894
1982173#886
1981203#795
1980223#743
1979153#955
1978177#836
1977146#947
1976139#930
1975110#1,066
1974128#964
1973122#973
197295#1,146
1971120#1,026
1970125#997
1969121#975
1968115#966
1967107#984
196686#1,142
196592#1,089
196484#1,204
196398#1,099
1962117#992
196199#1,101
196092#1,130
195980#1,191
195899#1,050
195786#1,134
195687#1,104
195559#1,308
195452#1,391
195356#1,298
195259#1,235
195161#1,189
195074#1,072
194966#1,108
194874#1,014
194775#1,020
194674#969
194572#889
194480#850
194397#788
194299#759
194188#768
194085#752
193998#688
1938101#682
193781#752
19368#3,101
19359#2,924
193411#2,566
19337#3,405
19327#3,566
193114#2,204
19309#3,053
192911#2,736
19280–
19270–
19265#4,849
192510#3,115
19249#3,391
19236#4,375
19228#3,653
19217#4,021
19200–
19196#4,249
19180–
19175#4,592

Nicknames for Leilani

Names like Leilani

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Fatima, Athena, Willow, Lyla, Lyra, Lily, Myla, Delilah, Scarlett, Amelie, Heidi, Freya

Other spellings of Leilani

Leilany, Laylani, Leylani, Lailani, Leilanie, Leilanni, Laelani, Leylanie, Laylanii, Leylany, Leilahni

Names related to Leilani

Lilian, Lilyan, Leliana, Lelani

More Hawaiian names

Kai, Koa, Kailani, Kalani, Nalani, Makai, Keanu, Koah, Meilani, Kailany, Kaleo, Lani, Luana, Makoa, Nakoa, Alakai

Every Hawaiian name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Leilani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leilani, updated 20 October 2026.