Meilani
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #590 for girls
Meilani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “heavenly May”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 590th for girls in the US (498 babies).
What does Meilani mean?
Hawaiian
“heavenly May”
A female given name from Hawaiian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Meilani a girl's or a boy's name?
Meilani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 498 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meilani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 133% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Meilani, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Meilani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
How popular is Meilani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #590among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 498about 1 in 3,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 498 girls in the US were named Meilani, making it the 590th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 888th. It first appears in the records in 1982.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Meilani of any year since it first appeared, in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Meilani in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 522 girls in the US were given Meilani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #571, up from #590 for this spelling alone.
- Meilani 498
- Meilany 24
Meilani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 498 | #590 |
| 2024 | 341 | #813 |
| 2023 | 320 | #845 |
| 2022 | 284 | #952 |
| 2021 | 227 | #1,091 |
| 2020 | 300 | #888 |
| 2019 | 305 | #883 |
| 2018 | 332 | #816 |
| 2017 | 295 | #907 |
| 2016 | 263 | #1,005 |
| 2015 | 287 | #946 |
| 2014 | 62 | #2,779 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Meilani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kalani Kehlani Noa Alani Milani Koa Elani Layla Xyla Poppy Nala Kali
Other spellings of Meilani
Names related to Meilani
Milan Milana Melina Melanie Melania Milania Millan Malani Melany Melani
More Hawaiian names
Kai Leilani Kailani Nalani Makai Keanu Koah Kailany Leilany Laylani Kaleo Lani Luana Leylani Lailani Makoa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Meilani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meilani, updated 20 October 2026.