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Meilani

Meilani was the #590 girls' name in the US in 2025 (498 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales and #2,730 in Canada.

Meilani as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Meilani as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Meilani as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#590 (498)#5,927 (3)#2,730 (7)
2024#813 (341)#3,696 (6)#3,383 (5)
2023#845 (320)#4,057 (5)—
2022#952 (284)#4,646 (4)#2,315 (8)
2021#1,091 (227)#5,581 (3)#2,616 (7)
2020#888 (300)#5,493 (3)#2,873 (6)
2019#883 (305)—#2,188 (9)
2018#816 (332)#5,666 (3)—
2017#907 (295)#5,765 (3)—
2016#1,005 (263)#5,785 (3)#3,294 (5)
2015#946 (287)—#3,286 (5)
2014#2,781 (62)——
2013#6,462 (19)——
2012#5,895 (22)——
2011#5,358 (25)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #590.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1982.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Meilani is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,400 to 1 in 3,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Meilani by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #478WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #667ILMichigan: #690MINew York: #758NYMassachusetts: #519MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #328NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #444INOhio: #531OHPennsylvania: #487PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: #248CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #575CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #541VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #372AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #442NCSouth Carolina: #311SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: #301MSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #349GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #570TXFlorida: #634FL
Meilani (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MeilaniCanadaGirls#2,7307
MeilaniEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
MeilaniNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MeilaniUSGirls#590498