girls:
921 births since 1948
#4795 (16th percentile)
overall:
921 births since 1948
#6818 (12th percentile)
The name Lelani is the #6,818 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 921 recorded births since 1948. This represents the 11.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,795 (16.1% percentile) for all time with 921 births since 1948.
Lelani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1948 (first recorded for girls in 1948). Birth data for Lelani is available in 55 out of the 76 years between 1948 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Lelani reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 4.4% percentile (ranked #899) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 26 births per million (ranked 4.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lelani ranks #909 for girls (4.0% percentile) with 25 births per million, which is 94.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lelani".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Lelani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.8% confident that Lelani is pronounced as leh-LAH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is luh-LAH-nee, at 26.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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