Recorded 1965–2019 Boys' name Peak 1979 344 births

Lanard — boys' name

344 babies named Lanard in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s121970s811980s941990s752000s502010s32
1980s
Peak decade

27% of everyone ever named Lanard was born in this single decade.

1979
Single peak year

16 babies were named Lanard in 1979 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lanard

The Social Security Administration has registered 344 babies named Lanard between 1965 and 2019, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lanard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lanard performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lanard shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lanard in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 344 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Lanard at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

344

Since 1965

55 years of records

Peak year

1979

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1965

Recorded for 55 years

Last year on file: 2019

Lanard popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1965

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1979)
16
Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
05101520 20192008199919921986198019731965 6

Lanard by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
94 births that decade — 27% of Lanard's all-time total
1960s121970s811980s941990s752000s502010s32

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lanard?
344 babies have been named Lanard since 1965. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1979 with 16 births.
When was Lanard most popular?
Lanard was most popular in the 1980s decade with 94 total births. The single peak year was 1979.
How long has the name Lanard been used?
Lanard has been recorded in Social Security data since 1965, spanning 55 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Lanard?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Landon, Lance, Lane, Landen, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1965–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.