Recorded 1945–1963 Girls' name Peak 1947 17 births

Lanelda — girls' name

17 babies named Lanelda in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1940s121960s5
1940s
Peak decade

71% of everyone ever named Lanelda was born in this single decade.

1947
Single peak year

7 babies were named Lanelda in 1947 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lanelda

The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Lanelda between 1945 and 1963, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lanelda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lanelda performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lanelda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lanelda 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 17 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.

Lanelda at a glance

Last recorded 1963

Total births

17

Since 1945

19 years of records

Peak year

1947

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1940s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1963

Active since

1945

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 1963

Lanelda popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1945

Last recorded 1963
Peak year (1947)
7
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 196319471945 5

Lanelda by decade

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

Peak: 1940s
Peak decade
1940s
12 births that decade — 71% of Lanelda's all-time total
1940s121960s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lanelda?
17 babies have been named Lanelda since 1945. It was last recorded in 1963. The peak year was 1947 with 7 births.
When was Lanelda most popular?
Lanelda was most popular in the 1940s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 1947.
How long has the name Lanelda been used?
Lanelda has been recorded in Social Security data since 1945, spanning 19 years of data through 1963.
What names are similar to Lanelda?
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, 1945–1963 (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.