Mailani
Mailani was the 2185th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 85 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2014th with 98 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,086 places. More babies were named Mailani in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Meilani) modern coinage; 'heavenly May' (suggested) · American English, Hawaiian
- Rank in 2025
- #2,185 girls, up 1,575 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 85girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202398 babies
- Total since 1880
- 711babies recorded
What does the name Mailani mean?
Mailani is a spelling of Meilani, pronounced the same way, so it shares Meilani's meaning and origin.
Meilani is a modern American name made to rhyme with Leilani. Wiktionary notes that it can be read as Hawaiian Mei 'May' (the month) plus lani 'sky, heaven, heavenly', giving something like 'heavenly May', but that is an interpretation of a coined name rather than a traditional Hawaiian name with a recorded meaning. Name sites often give other meanings built from Chinese mei 'beautiful'; we found no documentation for those. It first appears in US records in the 1980s.
lani (Hawaiian, “sky, heaven; heavenly”)Mei (Hawaiian, “May (month)”)
How sure is this? Uncertain. A modern coinage; the Hawaiian reading is an after-the-fact interpretation.
Other explanations you may read: From Chinese mei 'beautiful' + Hawaiian lani 'heaven'.
Related names: Leilani, Mylani.
See also: American names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Meilani', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'lani' (Hawaiian section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Mailani popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,185 | 85 |
| 2020 | #3,760 | 39 |
| 2010 | #10,216 | 11 |
| 2000 | — | — |
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How popular is Mailani, counting every spelling?
Mailani is a spelling of Meilani, a name family that ranked #379 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,185 for Mailani on its own. Together these spellings went to 873 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meilani | 498 | #591 | 1,670 |
| Maelani | 136 | #1,553 | 526 |
| Maylani | 96 | #2,000 | 417 |
| Mailani | 85 | #2,185 | 346 |
| Meilany | 24 | #5,346 | 47 |
| Maylanie | 6 | #14,333 | 38 |
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 Mailani?
85 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mailani (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Mailani 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 99 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mailani.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mailani?
About 700 people born in the US named Mailani are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 11. That makes Mailani a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Mailani by state
How common Mailani was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Florida (1.5×). In 43 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
These names rose and fell in step with Mailani: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mailani, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Mailani
What does Mailani mean?
Mailani is a spelling of Meilani, usually explained as “modern coinage; 'heavenly May' (suggested)”, but this is uncertain. Certainty: uncertain.
How popular is the name Mailani?
Mailani was the 2185th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 85 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2014th with 98 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,086 places. More babies were named Mailani in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Mailani a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Mailani in the US.
Where is Mailani most popular?
In 2021–2025, Mailani was most common in Florida (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Georgia.