Lelani
Lelani was the 3952nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 37 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 3147th with 51 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,809 places. More babies were named Lelani in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,952 girls, down 583 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 37girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202451 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,010babies recorded
Lelani popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,952 | 37 |
| 2020 | #3,369 | 46 |
| 2010 | #5,526 | 25 |
| 2000 | #7,835 | 13 |
| 1990 | #8,917 | 9 |
| 1980 | #8,656 | 7 |
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How popular is Lelani, counting every spelling?
Lelani is the most common spelling of a name family that had 52 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 52 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lelani | 37 | #3,952 | 214 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Lelani?
37 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lelani (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Lelani born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 226 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lelani.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lelani?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Lelani are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 6 and 24. That makes Lelani mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Lelani by state
How common Lelani was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Lelani
How popular is the name Lelani?
Lelani was the 3952nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 37 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 3147th with 51 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,809 places. More babies were named Lelani in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Lelani a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Lelani in the US.
Where is Lelani most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lelani was most common in Georgia (0.04 per 1,000 girls), followed by Tennessee and North Carolina.