Leiani
Feminine
Leiani entered the US charts in 1998 and is at its record high, #3167 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Leiani?
Leiani first appears in US birth records in 1998 — 27 years ago. The typical Leiani is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Leiani are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Leiani most popular?
Leiani peaked in 2025, reaching #3167 nationally. Today it ranks #3167, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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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
- 1998
- Most girls named
- 202550 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3167reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +25.0%50 in 2025, from 40
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.
Leiani in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, Georgia.
Leianis among us
people named Leiani are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 32,145 born in 2025 was named Leiani
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Leiani
- #3167
- Leiani on the 2025 chart
- #880
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Leiani went to 50 girls in 2025, but Leyani, Leiyani and Leianni are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 80, which makes it the 880th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,287 places above the chart.
- Leiani50
- Leyani13
- Leiyani11
- Leianni6
About 1 girl in 20,091 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 32,145 for Leiani 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 Aolani test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Leiani's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Aolani climbed just as high around 2007, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Aolani's path sketches the road Leiani is walking now.
Leiani 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 Leiani is headed
Leiani looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 16% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Leiani beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Leiani in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
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Frequently asked
- How many Leianis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Leiani are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Leiani?
- Leiani is the most-used spelling in US records — 50 of the 80 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Leyani, Leiyani and Leianni.
- How popular is the name Leiani in 2025?
- Leiani ranks #3167 among US girl names in 2025, with 50 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Leiani?
- About 1 in every 32,145 US girls born in 2025 was named Leiani — 50 in all.
- Will my child share the name Leiani with classmates?
- Leiani will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Leiani
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