Leilany
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Meaning
variant of Leilani, 'heavenly flowers' or 'royal child'
The story
Leilany is a modern respelling of Leilani, the Hawaiian name traditionally read as heavenly flowers or royal child, from lei, the garland, and lani, sky, heaven, or royalty. The y ending is a mainland flourish, part of the same taste that turns Melani into Melany, and it marks the name's second life: Leilani traveled from Hawaii into Latin American and Latina-American naming, where its sound fits perfectly, and the y spelling largely belongs to that community. The US curve appears in the 1990s and climbs to its highest band in the 2020s, and it is still rising. Lani and Leila both work as short forms. Whatever the spelling, the image underneath is the lei itself, flowers given as an act of love, which explains better than any statistic why the name keeps spreading.
How popular is Leilany around the world?
In the United States, 2,276 babies were named Leilany between 2020 and 2025. In Mexico City, there were 68 registrations of Leilany in 2022.
Leilany is on the official records of the United States, Mexico City, Puerto Rico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Spain.
United States
1 in 9,600
In the United States, 2,276 babies were named Leilany between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Leilany peaked in the 2020s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Mexico City City
1 in 1,700
In Mexico City, there were 68 registrations of Leilany in 2022.
share of that year’s registrations in the city
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (3 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Puerto Rico
1 in 3,600
In Puerto Rico, 5 babies were named Leilany in 2025, and 174 have carried the name since 1998.
share of that year’s births on record
First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)
Chile
1 in 30,000
In Chile, 6 girls were registered as Leilany in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.
First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021
Argentina
1 in 41,000
In Argentina, 16 newborns were given the name Leilany in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Brazil
1 in 1M
At the 2022 census, 168 people in Brazil were named Leilany, ranked 28,767th, with a median age of 28.
Among people named Leilany living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Spain
1 in 2M
In Spain, 22 residents are named Leilany, ranked 29,091st among women, with a mean age of 7.8 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Canada
last on record 2019
Leilany is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Montevideo City
last on record 2004
Leilany is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
Not on the record in England and Wales, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Leilany
Most people given the name Leilany in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Leilany deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Leilany truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Leilany fits with your family’s names and surname.
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