Leilanie
Feminine · “heavenly garland”
Leilanie is a spelling of Leilani, a Hawaiian compound joining lei — a garland of flowers — to lani, the sky and the heavens. It is one of the best-known Hawaiian names.
How old is the name Leilanie?
Leilanie first appears in US birth records in 1989 — 36 years ago. The typical Leilanie is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,000 people named Leilanie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Leilanie most popular?
Leilanie peaked in 2013, reaching #3005 nationally. Today it ranks #3645, 640 places below that high. See the whole 2013 chart.
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Where it comes from
From lei lani to Leilanie
The story of Leilanie
Lani is one of the most productive elements in Hawaiian naming, and its double sense — the sky above and the chiefs whose standing came from above — gives Hawaiian names a resonance that translations flatten. Leilani has been in Hawaiian use for generations and became widely known on the mainland in the twentieth century. Leilanie is an American respelling that softens the ending.
Meaning
heavenly garland, royal child
From Hawaiian lei, a wreath or garland, and lani, sky, heaven and by extension royalty; the compound can be read as a heavenly flower or as a child of the chiefs, and both readings are used.
How the name formed
- lei lani
- Leilani
- Leilanie
Related forms: Leilani · Rerani
Pronouncing Leilanie
lay-LAH-nee
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Hawaiian gives every vowel full value.
Nicknames for Leilanie
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
- 1989
- Most girls named
- 201355 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3005reached in 2013
- Change vs 2024
- +24.2%41 in 2025, from 33
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.
Leilanie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Leilani in Hawaiian — spelling variant
- Rerani in Maori — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Leilanies among us
people named Leilanie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 39,202 born in 2025 was named Leilanie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Leilanie
- #3645
- Leilanie on the 2025 chart
- #902
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Leilanie went to 41 girls in 2025, but Leylanie is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 58, which makes it the 902nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,743 places above the chart.
- Leilanie41
- Leylanie17
About 1 girl in 27,712 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 39,202 for Leilanie 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 Faythe test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Leilanie's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Faythe climbed just as high around 1919, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Faythe's path sketches the road Leilanie is walking now.
Leilanie 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 Leilanie is headed
Leilanie should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Leilanie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Leilanie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a genuinely rich double sense in the original.
- Lei and Lani are both complete Hawaiian words in their own right.
- Open vowels make it easy to say in most languages.
- Leilani is the standard spelling and will be written for her constantly.
- The Hawaiian double meaning is invisible in English, which is a real loss.
- Mainland speakers compress the vowels and change the name's shape.
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Frequently asked
- How many Leilanies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Leilanie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Leilanie?
- Leilanie is the most-used spelling in US records — 41 of the 58 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Leylanie.
- How popular is the name Leilanie in 2025?
- Leilanie ranks #3645 among US girl names in 2025, with 41 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Leilanie?
- About 1 in every 39,202 US girls born in 2025 was named Leilanie — 41 in all.
- Will my child share the name Leilanie with classmates?
- Leilanie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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