Girls' name · since 2001
Lanah
476 babies named Lanah in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,229 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,473 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 476
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lanah is the #6473 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 476 recorded since 2001.
Lanah has 476 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6473 as of the latest data, more common than 63% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #12,229 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,473 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 476 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lanah ranks #12,229 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,473 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 476 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,229 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,473 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 476
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lanah's 476 recorded births place it above 83.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Lanah compares
476 Top 46% higher than 54% 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
Lanah's all-time total is 27% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lanah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 476 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lanah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lanah splits its recorded history at 2013: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 32 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lanah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Lanah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (245 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Lanah's strongest decade.
245 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Lanah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
137 births
- 2010s
2010s
245 births
- 2020s 94
2020s
94 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 245 births (51% of all-time use).
Lanah by state
Where Lanah concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 29 | 6.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 16 | 3.4% |
29 of 476 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Lanah's data
- Lanah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (245 total births) through the 2020s (94) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Lanahs (29 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lanah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Lanah 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.