Fun Facts About the Name Leilanie
- 977 babies named Leilanie: U.S. records list 977 babies given the name Leilanie from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Leilanie Mean?
Leilanie is a feminine name usually treated as a variant of the Hawaiian name Leilani, meaning "heavenly flower" or "heavenly lei." It is formed from Hawaiian lei, a garland or wreath, often made of flowers, and lani, meaning "sky," "heaven," or "royal." The literal sense of the two elements is "heavenly lei" or "garland from the heavens"; the common English meaning "heavenly flower" comes from the floral association of a lei. Because lani can also carry the sense "royal" or "chief," and lei can mean a beloved child in figurative use, some explanations give "royal child" or "royal flower," but that is a customary interpretation rather than a strict translation. The final e in Leilanie is an English-language spelling variant; the traditional Hawaiian form is Leilani.
Leilanie Name History & Origins
Leilani is a Hawaiian given name built from ordinary Hawaiian words rather than a shortened or imported form. Hawaiian names of this kind are often chosen for their literal meanings, and Leilani combines lei and lani in a single name. The standard Hawaiian spelling has no final e; Leilanie belongs to English-language usage, where a final e or ie ending is common in feminine names. As a variant, Leilanie does not have a separate traditional history from Leilani; it shares the parent name's Hawaiian origin and later appearance in English-speaking countries. Leilani has also been used outside Hawaii in English-speaking communities, and Leilanie appears as one of its English spellings.
How Popular is the Name Leilanie?
Leilanie has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2013. Its best rank was #3,029 in 2013.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,683 | 41 | 0.0026% |
| 2024 | #4,327 | 33 | 0.0020% |
| 2023 | #3,807 | 40 | 0.0025% |
| 2022 | #3,448 | 46 | 0.0028% |
| 2021 | #3,976 | 37 | 0.0023% |
| 2020 | #3,655 | 41 | 0.0025% |
| 2019 | #4,404 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 2018 | #3,593 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 2017 | #4,186 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2016 | #3,444 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 2015 | #3,512 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2014 | #3,303 | 49 | 0.0027% |
| 2013 | #3,029 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 2012 | #3,826 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2011 | #3,206 | 52 | 0.0030% |
| 2010 | #3,286 | 50 | 0.0028% |
| 2009 | #4,329 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 2008 | #3,558 | 46 | 0.0024% |
| 2007 | #4,176 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2006 | #4,415 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2005 | #4,650 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2004 | #6,390 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2003 | #5,708 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2002 | #5,370 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2001 | #9,102 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2000 | #8,912 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #10,953 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #10,112 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #14,238 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #11,676 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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