girls:
2.1k births since 1999
#3721 (35th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1999
#5656 (27th percentile)
The name Leylani is the #5,656 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,131 recorded births since 1999. This represents the 26.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,721 (34.9% percentile) for all time with 2,131 births since 1999.
Leylani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1999 (first recorded for girls in 1999).
For girls, Leylani reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 26.2% percentile (ranked #707) with 143 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 143 births per million (ranked 26.2% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Leylani ranks #739 for girls (22.0% percentile) with 122 births per million, which is 85.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Leylani".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Leylani", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 43 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Leilani" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Leilani..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Leylani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.7% confident that Leylani is pronounced as lay-LAH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LAY-luh-nee, at 20.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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