Lelani Girl
How popular is Lelani?
#3,902 girl name in 2025
37 baby girls were named Lelani in the US in 2025, making it the 3902nd most popular girl name.
Lelani popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,902 for girls (▼ 783 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 37 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+61% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,651 in 2015, #3,338 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (51 girls) |
| Highest rank | #3,119 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1948 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lelani counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lelani family of names ranked #1,854 for girls in 2025 (#1,576 the year before), with 76 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lelani | 37 | 49% |
| Lehlani | 26 | 34% |
| Lealani | 8 | 11% |
| Lelanie | 5 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lelani is most popular
Babies named Lelani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (20 girls)
Lelani by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1950s | 14 | #4,482 |
| 1960s | 35 | #4,624 |
| 1970s | 50 | #5,578 |
| 1980s | 61 | #6,703 |
| 1990s | 69 | #6,839 |
| 2000s | 242 | #3,894 |
| 2010s | 273 | #3,496 |
| 2020s | 260 | #3,119 |
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Questions
- Is Lelani a boy or girl name?
- Lelani is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lelani were girls.
- How popular is the name Lelani?
- 37 baby girls were named Lelani in the US in 2025, making it the 3902nd most popular girl name.
- When was Lelani most popular?
- Lelani peaked in 2024, when 51 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #3,119 in 2024.
- How many people are named Lelani?
- 1,010 babies have been named Lelani in the US since 1880. We estimate about 993 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Lelani most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lelani was most common in Georgia, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.