# Meilani (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/meilani/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hawaiian |
| Meaning | “heavenly may” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,971 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,971 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 33, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern American coinage, rhyming with Leilani. Can be interpreted as Hawaiian Mei + lani "heavenly May".

## What it means

Meilani is grouped under spring.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 5,486 |
| 2012 | 22 | 6,048 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6,640 |
| 2014 | 62 | 2,799 |
| 2015 | 287 | 947 |
| 2016 | 263 | 1,008 |
| 2017 | 295 | 908 |
| 2018 | 332 | 818 |
| 2019 | 305 | 883 |
| 2020 | 300 | 889 |
| 2021 | 227 | 1,094 |
| 2022 | 284 | 952 |
| 2023 | 320 | 845 |
| 2024 | 341 | 814 |
| 2025 | 498 | 591 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.