Girls' name · since 2003
Lanajah
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 43 babies named Lanajah, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #36,723 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lanajah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 43 recorded since 2003.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lanajah has been recorded 43 times among girls since 2003, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2009.
- #36,723 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 43 born since 2003
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lanajah ranks #36,723 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 43 born since 2003, peaking in the 2000s.
- #36,723 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lanajah's 43 recorded births place it above 49.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lanajah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lanajah's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lanajah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2009
- Peak year (2005)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Lanajah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (43 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Lanajah's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Lanajah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 43 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lanajah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~6 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, 2003–2009 (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 Lanajah 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.