first name
LEILANI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 29,592 people named Leilani, 47.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 14.9% as White and 13.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Leilani peaked in 2022, when 3,868 babies got the name.
At least 56,491 babies have been given the name since 1917. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Leilani by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #176. The largest share of babies named Leilani, 62.3%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Leilani is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leilani has been most common in Hawaii (12×), Nevada (4.2×), and Arizona (3.2×), and least common in West Virginia (0.09×).
52,987 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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