Leyani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lay-AH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Leyani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Leyani come from?
Modern: modern coinage, possibly modelled on Leilani
Is Leyani a girl's or a boy's name?
Leyani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leyani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 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, 13 girls in the US were named Leyani, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Leyani in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 102 girls in the US were given Leyani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,669, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Leyani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
Names like Leyani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani Kaylani Malani Naylani Kailani Meilani Jaylani Nailani Kalani Ailany Milani Alani
Other spellings of Leyani
Names related to Leyani
More Modern names
Jayden Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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, “Leyani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leyani, updated 20 October 2026.