Leili
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lay-LEE
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Leili is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “night”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Leili mean?
Arabic: spelling of Leily; Persian form of Leila, from Arabic layl 'night'
“night”
The Arabic love story of Layla and Majnun was famously retold by the Persian poet Nizami.
Meaning borrowed from Leily.
Is Leili a girl's or a boy's name?
Leili is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leili in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Leili, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Leili in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leili in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Leili
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kailani Kaylani Kalani Kehlani Alani Meilani Nalani Malani Noa Naylani Milani Nailani
Names related to Leili
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Leili: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leili, updated 20 October 2026.