Lelani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- leh-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #3,902 for girls
Lelani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “heavenly garland”. In 2025 it ranked 3,902nd for girls in the US (37 babies).
What does Lelani mean?
Hawaiian: variant spelling of Leilani
“heavenly garland”
Leilani combines Hawaiian lei 'garland, child' and lani 'heaven, sky, royal'.
Is Lelani a girl's or a boy's name?
Lelani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lelani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,902among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 43,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 37 girls in the US were named Lelani, making it the 3,902nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.
2025 had fewer girls named Lelani than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Lelani in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 girls in the US were given Lelani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,009, up from #3,902 for this spelling alone.
- Lelani 37
- Lehlani 26
- Leelani 10
- Lelanie 5
Lelani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,902 |
| 2024 | 51 | #3,119 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,524 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 43 | #3,552 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,664 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,496 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,298 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,894 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
Nicknames for Lelani
- Lani 25 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lelani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kailani Kalani Nalani Meilani Kaylani Kehlani Alani Malani Lalani Noa Kaelani Naylani
Other spellings of Lelani
Names related to Lelani
More Hawaiian names
Kai Koa Makai Keanu Koah Kailany Laylani Kaleo Lani Luana Lailani Makoa Nakoa Alakai Noelani Ohana
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, “Lelani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lelani, updated 20 October 2026.