Leilani

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Leilani: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Leilani: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #439 in 2014, and it stood at #869 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#439highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2738
1998	#2407
1999	#1317
2000	#1831
2001	#1238
2002	#962
2003	#759
2004	#649
2005	#866
2006	#816
2007	#899
2008	#995
2009	#1287
2010	#910
2011	#1168
2012	#998
2013	#1324
2014	#1120
2015	#1033
2016	#822
2017	#1002
2018	#972
2019	#1017
2020	#643
2021	#674
2022	#576
2023	#637
2024	#869

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2014: #439 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1120 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #869 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Leilani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Leilani in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	29	4 of 10	7
2000s	287	10 of 10	29
2010s	345	10 of 10	35
2020sbusiest	281	5 of 10	56

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 56 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Leilani appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #439 in Northern Ireland in 2014.

Leilani's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#869	42	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#637	57	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#576	67	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#674	57	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#643	58	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1017	34	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#972	37	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1002	36	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#822	46	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1033	34	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1120	31	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#998	36	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1168	28	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#910	38	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1287	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#995	31	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#899	34	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#816	37	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#866	32	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#649	46	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#759	36	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#962	23	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1238	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1317	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #439, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 67 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2014, and 18 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Leila-Rose · #2314, 15y
Leilah · #1168, 28y
Leisha · #517, 23y
Leith · #2337, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Orlando · #439, 29y
Aleyna · #440, 29y
Indigo · #438, 30y
Lotti · #440, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdelrahman · #439, 19y
Caleigh · #439, 14y
Daisy-Mae · #439, 29y
Finan · #439, 23y

Leilani was ranked #439 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2014. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Leilani and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Leilani without appearing here.

Leilani moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1831 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1238 and #3998.
Ellinor Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2738 and #2152 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1317 and #3900.
Jeanette Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2407 and #2407 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1317 and #3900.
Therese Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2407 and #2165 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1317 and #3900.

Moved ahead of Leilani

Harper Compare
In 2010 they stood at #910 and #930 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1168 and #858.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1017 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #643 and #460.
Frida Compare
In 2023 they stood at #637 and #851 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #869 and #811.
Blake Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1033 and #1240 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #822 and #768.

Moved the opposite way to Leilani

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leilani went from #3126 to #869 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leilani went from #3126 to #869 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leilani went from #3126 to #869 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leilani went from #3126 to #869 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Leilani

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leilani went from #3126 to #869 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leilani went from #3126 to #869 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leilani went from #3126 to #869 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leilani went from #3126 to #869 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #439 in Northern Ireland in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Leilani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Leilani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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