Mililani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mee-lee-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Mililani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “to praise, exalt”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Mililani mean?
Hawaiian: Hawaiian word
“to praise, exalt”
Also the name of a planned town in central Oahu.
Is Mililani a girl's or a boy's name?
Mililani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mililani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 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, 17 girls in the US were named Mililani, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had more girls named Mililani than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Mililani in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mililani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
Nicknames for Mililani
- Lani 25 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Mililani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Meilani Kailani Kehlani Malani Kalani Kaylani Nalani Milani Naylani Alani Xolani Kaelani
Names related to Mililani
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, “Mililani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mililani, updated 20 October 2026.