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Leilene

Gender
Girl
Say it
lay-LEEN
Origin
Modern

Leilene is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Leilene come from?

Modern: blend of Leila or Leilani with -ene

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

Leilene is a girls' name.

How popular is Leilene in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 81 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.

Half of all the girls named Leilene in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

2007Busiest: 81 in 20072015
Leilene in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20156#14,477
20140–
20130–
20128#12,193
20110–
201013#8,697
200923#5,889
200826#5,431
200781#2,348

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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, “Leilene: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leilene, updated 20 October 2026.