Girls' name · since 1952
Lanea
Lanea has 581 recorded births since 1952 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,762 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,090 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 581
- born since 1952
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lanea is the #11090 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 581 recorded since 1952.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lanea has been recorded 581 times among girls since 1952, currently ranked #11090 nationally and more common than 36% of girls, 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 1952 to 2025.
- #10,762 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,090 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 581 born since 1952
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lanea ranks #10,762 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,090 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 581 born since 1952, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,762 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,090 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 581
- born since 1952
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lanea's 581 recorded births place it above 85.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Lanea compares
581 Top 42% higher than 58% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lanea's all-time total is 55% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lanea | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 581 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lanea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lanea's full recorded timeline at 1995, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1952, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lanea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Lanea by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (121 births, 21% of the file).
2000s was Lanea's strongest decade.
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Lanea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 19
1960s
19 births
- 1970s
1970s
68 births
- 1980s
1980s
105 births
- 1990s
1990s
106 births
- 2000s
2000s
121 births
- 2010s
2010s
113 births
- 2020s 38
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 121 births (21% of all-time use).
How Lanea compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lanea's total volume
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 581 births nationwide.
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What to do with Lanea's data
- Lanea's decade-level peak was the 2000s (121 total births); usage has since declined to 38 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Laneas (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lanea: 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 (~73 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, 1952–2025 (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 Lanea 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.