Girls' name · since 2006

Lanaiyah

35 babies named Lanaiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#39,188 of 72,339
all-time among girls
35
born since 2006
2010s
peak decade

Lanaiyah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 35 recorded since 2006.

Social Security Administration records show Lanaiyah recorded 35 times among girls since 2006, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2016.

  • #39,188 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 35 born since 2006
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lanaiyah ranks #39,188 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.

#39,188 of 72,339
all-time among girls
35
born since 2006
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Lanaiyah's 35 recorded births place it above 45.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Lanaiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Lanaiyah's full recorded timeline at 2010, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Lanaiyah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2016

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2011)
8
Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
456789 200620072008201020112016 5

Lanaiyah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (19 births, 54% of the file).

2010s was Lanaiyah's strongest decade.

19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.

Lanaiyah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 19 births (54% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lanaiyah?
Lanaiyah has been given to 35 babies in the U.S. since 2006, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #39,188 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2016. 8 babies were born in 2011, its single highest year.
Where does Lanaiyah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lanaiyah ranks #39,188 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Lanaiyah most popular?
Lanaiyah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 19 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Lanaiyah been used?
The SSA has tracked Lanaiyah since 2006 -- 11 years through the most recent 2016 data.
What names are similar to Lanaiyah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lana, Laney, Lani, Landry, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Lanaiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2006–2016 (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 Lanaiyah 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.