Leiana
Feminine
Leiana ends in a Latin suffix and begins with a genuinely Hawaiian word. Lei is the garland — the flowers put round a visitor's neck — and it is also used for a beloved child, which is the sense most Hawaiian names built on it intend.
How old is the name Leiana?
Leiana first appears in US birth records in 1977 — 48 years ago. The typical Leiana is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,200 people named Leiana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Leiana most popular?
Leiana peaked in 2024, reaching #2533 nationally. Today it ranks #2998, 465 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Leiana
Our story of Leiana begins with what a lei actually is. Giving one is not decoration in Hawaiian practice — it is an act with rules attached, made and given and worn in particular ways, and the word carries all of that. It also means a beloved child, which is why so many Hawaiian names are built on it: Leilani, Leimomi, Kalei. Leiana takes that word and finishes it with a Latin ending that has been closing European women's names for two thousand years. The two halves come from opposite ends of the world and neither is pretending otherwise, and the front half is worth knowing properly for its own sake.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Hawaiian lei is real and central: it names a garland of flowers, leaves or shells, and by extension a cherished child, since a beloved child is spoken of as a lei. That word is documented. The -ana ending is the Latin feminine suffix that closes Juliana and Adriana, and it is not Hawaiian. Leiana as a whole is not recorded in Hawaiian dictionaries, so the front is genuine and the compound is an American formation.
Pronouncing Leiana
lay-AH-nah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Hawaiian lei is said 'lay' with a clean diphthong; the -ana ending is fully open in both Hawaiian and Latin readings, and American English reduces the last vowel.
Nicknames for Leiana
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1977
- Most girls named
- 202470 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2533reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −21.4%55 in 2025, from 70
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Leiana in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lei in Hawaiian — related form
- Leilani in Hawaiian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Leianas among us
people named Leiana are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 29,223 born in 2025 was named Leiana
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Leiana
- #2998
- Leiana on the 2025 chart
- #832
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Leiana went to 55 girls in 2025, but Leianna, Leyana and Leyanna and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 128, which makes it the 832nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,166 places above the chart.
- Leiana55
- Leianna28
- Leyana26
- Leyanna14
- Leiyanna5
About 1 girl in 12,557 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 29,223 for Leiana itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Alexanderia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Leiana's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Alexanderia climbed just as high around 1993, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Alexanderia's path sketches the road Leiana is walking now.
Leiana sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Leiana is headed
Leiana looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 15% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Leiana beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Leiana in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Lei and Ana are both real names and words, which gives the child two ready short forms.
- Every sound in it is easy in English, so it is said correctly on sight.
- The front half is a genuine and much-loved Hawaiian word rather than an invented sound.
- It is not a documented Hawaiian name, so any Hawaiian meaning given for the whole is borrowed from lei.
- Names built from Hawaiian elements outside Hawaii are read differently by different people.
- Leiana, Leianna, Liana and Leanna all circulate and get confused.
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Frequently asked
- How many Leianas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Leiana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Leiana?
- Leiana is the most-used spelling in US records — 55 of the 128 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Leianna, Leyana, Leyanna and Leiyanna.
- How popular is the name Leiana in 2025?
- Leiana ranks #2998 among US girl names in 2025, with 55 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Leiana?
- About 1 in every 29,223 US girls born in 2025 was named Leiana — 55 in all.
- Will my child share the name Leiana with classmates?
- Leiana will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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