Leilani

#60 for girls in 2025, 3,792 births · Last seen for boys in 2019 at #10,803
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2022 · 3,868 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
6 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
56,466
since 1917

Leilani over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#603,792—
2024#663,365—
2023#613,562—
2022#593,868—
2021#683,485—
2020#922,892—
2019#1072,703#10,8036
2018#1202,519—
2017#1292,284—
2016#1591,971—
2015#1771,807—
2014#2181,540—
2013#2311,391—
2012#2241,415—
2011#2441,304—
2010#2671,226—
2009#2651,243—
2008#2761,231—
2007#2861,188—
2006#3101,067—
2005#334954#11,4725
2004#341937#8,9277
2003#353883#8,6437
2002#440660—
2001#468593—
2000#521505—
1999#629375—
1998#736296—
1997#765275—
1996#931209—
1995#1,080165—
1994#956194—
1993#996186—
1992#1,146154—
1991#1,144155—
1990#1,110157—
1989#1,118148—
1988#1,092144—
1987#1,088140—
1986#987159—
1985#987154—
1984#1,011141—
1983#894169—
1982#886173—
1981#795203—
1980#743223—
1979#955153—
1978#836177—
1977#947146—
1976#930139—
1975#1,066110—
1974#964128—
1973#973122—
1972#1,14695—
1971#1,026120—
1970#997125—
1969#975121—
1968#966115—
1967#984107—
1966#1,14286—
1965#1,08992—
1964#1,20484—
1963#1,09998—
1962#992117—
1961#1,10199—
1960#1,13192—
1959#1,19280—
1958#1,05199—
1957#1,13586—
1956#1,10587—
1955#1,30959—
1954#1,39252—
1953#1,29956—
1952#1,23659—
1951#1,19061—
1950#1,07374—
1949#1,10966—
1948#1,01574—
1947#1,02175—
1946#97074—
1945#88972—
1944#85080—
1943#78897—
1942#75999—
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1939#68898—
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1936#3,1038—
1935#2,9269—
1934#2,56711—
1933#3,4067—
1932#3,5687—
1931#2,20514—
1930#3,0559—
1929#2,73711—
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five girls were named Leilani! It came in at #4,594, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1917–1918, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Leilani is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedNHWashington: #794 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,188 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedMINew York: #1,979 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 23,803 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #583 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 4,086 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedUTColorado: #525 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,471 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedDEArizona: #745 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,160 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedGAHawaii: #40 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 174 girlsHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Leilani, so not publishedTXFlorida: #1,135 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,908 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#40 · 1 in 174
  2. Colorado#525 · 1 in 3,471
  3. California#583 · 1 in 4,086
  4. Arizona#745 · 1 in 5,160
  5. Washington#794 · 1 in 6,188

Best ever in a state: #15 in New Mexico, 2025.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#40291 in 174
Colorado#52561 in 3,471
California#583641 in 4,086
Arizona#74551 in 5,160
Washington#79451 in 6,188
Florida#1,13571 in 10,908
New York#1,97951 in 23,803
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Leilani
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#66 → #60)
  • 32 spots since 2020 (#92 → #60)
  • 117 spots since 2015 (#177 → #60)
  • Biggest jump: 2,351 spots in 1937 (#3,103 → #752)
  • Biggest drop: 124 spots in 1995 (#956 → #1,080)
Rise & fade · girls
105 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 2022 at #59 (3,868 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 6 yrs · run 2020–2025
  • Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1996–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 424
  • Highest: 1 in 424 girls born in 2025 were named Leilani (0.24%)
  • Its best rank, #59 in 2022, was only 1 in 424 (0.24%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 37.1% of all girls named Leilani (20,964) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s11#4,251 (1919)#4,423
1920s56#2,737 (1929)#3,736
1930s345#682 (1938)#2,295
1940s810#752 (1940)#892
1950s713#1,051 (1958)#1,198
1960s1,011#966 (1968)#1,068
1970s1,315#836 (1978)#984
1980s1,654#743 (1980)#960
1990s2,166#629 (1999)#949
2000s9,261#265 (2009)#359
2010s18,160#107 (2019)#188
2020s20,964#59 (2022)#68

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Leilani in 1991

girls
#1,144
155 births · 1 in 12,097 girls

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #1,144Leilani155
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 12,097 of them was named Leilani, which outranked 92.6% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leilani
  1. #1,137Jenessa156
  2. #1,137Reba156
  3. #1,137Rosario156
  4. #1,144Leilani155
  5. #1,144Chantell155
  6. #1,144Keila155
  7. #1,144Shawnee155
  8. #1,150Cady154
  9. #1,150Malinda154
  10. #1,150Mona154

Tied with 5 names at #1,144; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991 →