Maylani
Girl · may-LAH-nee · Modern
Maylani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,990th for girls in the US (96 babies).
What does Maylani mean?
Modern: blend of May and names like Leilani
A recent coinage in the style of Hawaiian names such as Leilani; not a standard Hawaiian word.
- Say it
- may-LAH-nee
Is Maylani a girl's or a boy's name?
Maylani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 96 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maylani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 96about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 96 girls in the US were named Maylani, making it the 1,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,659th. It first appears in the records in 2001.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Maylani of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Maylani in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 246 girls in the US were given Maylani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #944, up from #1,990 for this spelling alone.
Maylani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96 | #1,990 |
| 2024 | 91 | #2,099 |
| 2023 | 75 | #2,397 |
| 2022 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2021 | 85 | #2,186 |
| 2020 | 63 | #2,659 |
| 2019 | 72 | #2,451 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,710 |
| 2017 | 45 | #3,435 |
| 2016 | 53 | #3,100 |
| 2015 | 60 | #2,890 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
Nicknames for Maylani
Names like Maylani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani Malani Kaylani Meilani Kailani Naylani Kalani Milani Nailani Nalani Mailani Alani
Other spellings of Maylani
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