Recorded 1957–2020 Girls' name Peak 2011 574 births

Lanay — girls' name

574 babies named Lanay in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s101960s281970s631980s951990s1112000s1452010s1172020s5
2000s
Peak decade

25% of everyone ever named Lanay was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

26 babies were named Lanay in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lanay

The Social Security Administration has registered 574 babies named Lanay between 1957 and 2020, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lanay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lanay performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 145 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Lanay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lanay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lanay 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 574 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.

Lanay at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

574

Since 1957

64 years of records

Peak year

2011

26 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1957

Recorded for 64 years

Last year on file: 2020

Lanay popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1957

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2011)
26
Annual births at peak — across 64 years of records
051015202530 202020112004199719901983197519671957 5

Lanay by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
145 births that decade — 25% of Lanay's all-time total
1950s101960s281970s631980s951990s1112000s1452010s1172020s5

Lanay by state

Where Lanay concentrates geographically — total births since 1957

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Lanay
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 0.9%
California share of Lanay's total US births 0.9%

5 of 574 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lanay?
574 babies have been named Lanay since 1957. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2011 with 26 births.
When was Lanay most popular?
Lanay was most popular in the 2000s decade with 145 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
Where is Lanay most popular?
The top states for the name Lanay are California (5 births).
How long has the name Lanay been used?
Lanay has been recorded in Social Security data since 1957, spanning 64 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Lanay?
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.

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, 1957–2020 (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.