Meilani Girl
How popular is Meilani?
#590 girl name in 2025
498 baby girls were named Meilani in the US in 2025, making it the 590th most popular girl name.
Meilani popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #590 for girls (▲ 223 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 498 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+74% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #946 in 2015, #888 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (498 girls) |
| Highest rank | #590 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1982 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Meilani counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Meilani family of names ranked #541 for girls in 2025 (#726 the year before), with 536 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Meilani | 498 | 93% |
| Meilany | 24 | 4% |
| Meylani | 14 | 3% |
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 Meilani is most popular
Babies named Meilani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.5 per 1,000 (67 girls)
- Georgia: 0.3 per 1,000 (76 girls)
- Indiana: 0.3 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.3 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Mississippi: 0.3 per 1,000 (14 girls)
Meilani by decade
Girl names about as popular as Meilani
Questions
- Is Meilani a boy or girl name?
- Meilani is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Meilani were girls.
- How popular is the name Meilani?
- 498 baby girls were named Meilani in the US in 2025, making it the 590th most popular girl name.
- When was Meilani most popular?
- Meilani peaked in 2025, when 498 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #590 in 2025.
- How many people are named Meilani?
- 3,971 babies have been named Meilani in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,954 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Meilani most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Meilani was most common in Arizona, at 0.5 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.