Girls' name · since 1999
Leylani
Leylani has 2,615 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,931 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #971 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,615
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Leylani is the #971 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,615 recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Leylani recorded 2,615 times among girls since 1999, holding rank #971 nationally today, ahead of 94% 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 1999 to 2025.
- #3,931 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #971 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,615 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leylani ranks #3,931 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #971 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,615 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,931 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #971 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,615
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Leylani's 2,615 recorded births place it above 94.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Leylani compares
2,615 Top 20% higher than 80% 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
Leylani's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leylani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,615 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 263 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leylani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leylani splits its recorded history at 2012: 84% of all births land in the more recent half, 16% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1999 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 263 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leylani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 263
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Leylani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,366 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Leylani's strongest decade.
1,366 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Leylani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s 309
2000s
309 births
- 2010s
2010s
933 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,366 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,366 births (52% of all-time use).
How Leylani compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Leylani's total volume
Leylani by state
Where Leylani concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 511 | 19.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 437 | 16.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 171 | 6.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 143 | 5.5% |
| #5 | New York | | 124 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 95 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 63 | 2.4% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 54 | 2.1% |
511 of 2,615 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Leylani appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Leylanis (511 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leylani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
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, 1999–2025 (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 Leylani 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.