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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947girlsat 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
rankbirthsrankbirths
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
1941#76888
1940#75285
1939#68898
1938#682101
1937#75281
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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1926#4,8515
1925#3,11610
1924#3,3939
1923#4,3766
1922#3,6558
1921#4,0237
1920
1919#4,2516
1918
1917#4,5945
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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.

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 1947

girls
#1,021
75 births · 1 in 23,637 girls

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #1,021Leilani75
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 23,637 of them was named Leilani, which outranked 83.3% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leilani
  1. #1,012Katy76
  2. #1,012Leatha76
  3. #1,012Syble76
  4. #1,021Leilani75
  5. #1,021Annamarie75
  6. #1,021Candyce75
  7. #1,021Darline75
  8. #1,031Caryn74
  9. #1,031Elda74
  10. #1,031Fonda74

Tied with 9 names at #1,021; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. 417Michaele#1,276#859
  2. 385Carlotta#997#612
  3. 332Ricki#1,290#958
  4. 300Daria#1,220#920
  5. 290Ivy#1,087#797
Fallers
  1. 341Merlene#961#1,302
  2. 285Beatriz#985#1,270
  3. 276Ruthanne#874#1,150
  4. 253Estela#897#1,150
  5. 242Verla#885#1,127

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

See the top 100 for 1947