Lokelani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- loh-keh-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Lokelani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “heavenly rose”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Lokelani mean?
Hawaiian: from Hawaiian loke 'rose' and lani 'heaven'
“heavenly rose”
The lokelani, a small pink rose, is the official flower of the island of Maui.
Is Lokelani a girl's or a boy's name?
Lokelani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lokelani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Lokelani, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2005, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had more girls named Lokelani than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Lokelani in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lokelani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
Nicknames for Lokelani
- Loke
Names like Lokelani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kailani, Kalani, Nalani, Meilani, Kaylani, Kehlani, Alani, Noelani, Lalani, Lelani, Malani, Kaelani
More Hawaiian names
Kai, Leilani, Koa, Makai, Keanu, Koah, Kailany, Leilany, Laylani, Kaleo, Lani, Luana, Leylani, Lailani, Makoa, Nakoa
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, “Lokelani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lokelani, updated 20 October 2026.