Leilanii
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lay-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Leilanii is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “heavenly garland”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Leilanii mean?
Hawaiian: spelling of Leilani
“heavenly garland”
Leilani joins Hawaiian lei, 'garland, beloved child', with lani, 'sky, heaven, royal'.
Is Leilanii a girl's or a boy's name?
Leilanii is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leilanii in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Leilanii, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 2010.
2025 had fewer girls named Leilanii than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Leilanii in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leilanii in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
Nicknames for Leilanii
- Lani 25 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Leilanii
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kailani, Meilani, Kalani, Kaylani, Nalani, Malani, Lalani, Nailani, Naylani, Xolani, Alani
Names related to Leilanii
Leilani, Leilany, Leylani, Leilanie, Leilanni, Lehlani, Leilana, Leylanie
More Hawaiian names
Kai, Koa, Makai, Keanu, Koah, Kailany, Laylani, Kaleo, Lani, Luana, Lailani, Makoa, Nakoa, Alakai, Kaelani, Noelani
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, “Leilanii: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leilanii, updated 20 October 2026.