Leinani

Girls' name

Wreath; child + beauty

Leinani has been given to 139 babies in the U.S. since 1975. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2018, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Leinani, 2024

1 in 334,000

Leinani over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Leinani: meaning, origin, and history

Wreath; child + beauty

Hawaiian

What Leinani means

Leinani means “wreath; child + beauty”, associated with lei and nani.

Origin, language, and formation

Leinani is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include Hawaiian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Leinani is pronounced /lei̯ˈna.ni/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 139 girls were recorded with the name Leinani between 1975 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2018; its best national rank was #6,404 in 2018.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Leinani?

Leinani had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 334,000; 10 of 3,342,801 births
Among girls only: 1 in 162,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 231,706 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Leinani sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 231,706 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Leinani. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Leinanis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Leinani was born before 2017 — so the typical Leinani is around 8 today.

Median birth year: 2017; About 8 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 36.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 72.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 139; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 36.0% of all recorded uses (50).

Is Leinani rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2018 (19)
Years since peak: 7; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 39.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,404; 2018

Spellings of Leinani

Leinani is not the most common spelling — Leilani is, with 68.7% against Leinani's 0.17%.

Leilani68.7%56,466
Keilani6.5%5,304
Leilany6.0%4,966
Meilani4.8%3,971
Lailani3.2%2,629
Leylani3.2%2,615
Leiana1.5%1,219
Lelani1.2%1,010

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Leinani by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,404; 2018
Peak year: 2018; 19 that year
First recorded: 1975
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 139
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Leinani

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Leiyani Leighlani Leihlani Leiani Leiliani Leilynn Leilahni Leilanii Leialani Leilanny Leilanee Leiliana Leiloni Raelani Millani Deilani Leilyn Xiadani Taylani Kaimani Leilene Cailani Gurbani Leianne

Sibling names for Leinani

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Oaklyn Keily Zaylee Aislinn Khaleesi Emberly Avah Jemma

For a brother

Torin Kamryn Merrick Bilal Mordechai Zaid Brecken Joziah

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