Zaylani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zay-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,645 for girls
Zaylani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,645th for girls in the US (65 babies).
Where does Zaylani come from?
Modern: blend of the Zay- sound with the -lani ending of Leilani
Is Zaylani a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaylani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 65 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaylani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,645th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 65 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 250% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 65 girls in the US were named Zaylani, making it the 2,645th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. It first appears in the records in 2015.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most girls named Zaylani of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.
Half of all the girls named Zaylani in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 97 girls in the US were given Zaylani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,732, up from #2,645 for this spelling alone.
- Zaylani 65
- Zeilani 32
Zaylani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,645 |
| 2024 | 51 | #3,119 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
Nicknames for Zaylani
- Lani 25 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Zaylani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kaylani, Malani, Naylani, Nailani, Meilani, Kailani, Ilani, Kalani, Ahlani, Kylani, Xolani
Other spellings of Zaylani
Names related to Zaylani
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Zaylani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaylani, updated 20 October 2026.