Girls' name · since 1998
Leiani
463 babies named Leiani in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,419 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,200 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 463
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
463 babies have been named Leiani since 1998, making it today's #3200 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Leiani recorded 463 times among girls since 1998, holding rank #3200 nationally today, ahead of 81% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #12,419 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,200 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 463 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leiani ranks #12,419 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,200 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 463 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,419 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,200 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 463
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Leiani's 463 recorded births place it above 82.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Leiani compares
463 Top 47% higher than 53% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Leiani's all-time total is 23% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leiani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 463 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leiani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leiani splits its recorded history at 2014: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 50 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leiani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Leiani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (238 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Leiani's strongest decade.
238 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Leiani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 54
2000s
54 births
- 2010s
2010s
166 births
- 2020s
2020s
238 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 238 births (51% of all-time use).
Leiani by state
Where Leiani concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
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- Texas records the most Leianis (23 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Leiani draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.