Lanea — #12289 US girls' name
573 babies named Lanea in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to girls today.
21% of everyone ever named Lanea was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Lanea in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lanea
The Social Security Administration has registered 573 babies named Lanea between 1952 and 2024, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lanea currently holds the #12289 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lanea performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Lanea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lanea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lanea 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 573 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.
Lanea at a glance
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Current rank
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Lanea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1952
- Peak year (2005)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 73 years of records
Currently ranks #12289 among girls.
573 total births across 73 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 19 births in a single year.
Lanea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 121 births that decade — 21% of Lanea's all-time total
Lanea decade highlights
- Peak decade 121 births
- Runner-up 113 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Lanea's strongest decade
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Lanea by state
Where Lanea concentrates geographically — total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 1.9% |
11 of 573 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1952–2024 (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.