Lanell
Lanell was last recorded in 2022, when 6 babies were given it; 2,478 Americans have been recorded with it between 1914 and 2022 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,640 Americans named Lanell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (66% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 45 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lanell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lanell?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #14,553, in 2022; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
54 babies in 1971, the peak
Lanell peaked in 1971, when 54 babies were given it (48 girls, #1,839 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #14,553 | under 5 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 5 | #13,440 | |
| 2015 | 5 | #17,951 | under 5 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 7 | #10,283 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 5 | #13,390 | |
| 2010 | 5 | #18,612 | 6 | #11,599 |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,554 | 5 | #13,641 |
| 2008 | 7 | #14,677 | 7 | #10,565 |
| 2007 | 5 | #19,223 | 7 | #10,424 |
| 2006 | under 5 | 7 | #10,195 |
Every recorded year (99)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 8 | #12,474 | 8 | #8,767 |
| 2004 | 5 | #17,612 | 10 | #7,315 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,908 | 6 | #10,323 |
| 2001 | under 5 | 11 | #6,260 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 7 | #8,736 | |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,953 | 5 | #10,896 |
| 1998 | 6 | #13,349 | under 5 | |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,219 | 5 | #9,890 |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,615 | 7 | #7,452 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,661 | 8 | #6,735 |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,218 | 9 | #6,023 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,287 | 5 | #9,234 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,311 | 7 | #6,961 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,742 | 11 | #4,859 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,307 | 5 | #8,661 |
| 1988 | 13 | #6,088 | 10 | #4,623 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,966 | 7 | #5,824 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,320 | 5 | #7,342 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,211 | 5 | #7,122 |
| 1984 | 9 | #7,105 | under 5 | |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,454 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 14 | #5,074 | 6 | #6,069 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,429 | 10 | #4,018 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,629 | 10 | #4,006 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,740 | 8 | #4,652 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,989 | 7 | #4,818 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,540 | 12 | #3,302 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,247 | 8 | #4,224 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,213 | 16 | #2,590 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,371 | 9 | #3,716 |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,962 | 8 | #3,909 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,957 | 9 | #3,500 |
| 1971 | 48 | #1,839 | 6 | #4,691 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,479 | 7 | #4,069 |
| 1969 | 29 | #2,424 | 5 | #4,743 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,751 | 6 | #3,942 |
| 1967 | 25 | #2,466 | 8 | #3,126 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,223 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,273 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 30 | #2,222 | 5 | #4,360 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,039 | under 5 | |
| 1962 | 32 | #2,095 | 6 | #3,850 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,936 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,867 | 7 | #3,512 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,427 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | 30 | #2,044 | 5 | #4,255 |
| 1957 | 52 | #1,480 | under 5 | |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,911 | under 5 | |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,651 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | 41 | #1,592 | under 5 | |
| 1953 | 47 | #1,432 | 5 | #4,105 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,665 | 6 | #3,570 |
| 1951 | 36 | #1,589 | under 5 | |
| 1950 | 36 | #1,560 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,784 | under 5 | |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,394 | under 5 | |
| 1947 | 38 | #1,531 | under 5 | |
| 1946 | 42 | #1,344 | under 5 | |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,464 | under 5 | |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,527 | under 5 | |
| 1943 | 42 | #1,263 | under 5 | |
| 1942 | 33 | #1,425 | under 5 | |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,673 | under 5 | |
| 1940 | 28 | #1,452 | under 5 | |
| 1939 | 48 | #1,030 | under 5 | |
| 1938 | 36 | #1,222 | under 5 | |
| 1937 | 37 | #1,186 | under 5 | |
| 1936 | 41 | #1,107 | under 5 | |
| 1935 | 37 | #1,177 | under 5 | |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,463 | under 5 | |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,634 | under 5 | |
| 1932 | 40 | #1,139 | under 5 | |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,475 | under 5 | |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,551 | under 5 | |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,859 | under 5 | |
| 1928 | 27 | #1,564 | under 5 | |
| 1927 | 28 | #1,569 | under 5 | |
| 1926 | 19 | #2,036 | under 5 | |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,772 | under 5 | |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,660 | under 5 | |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,803 | under 5 | |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,063 | under 5 | |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,565 | under 5 | |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,229 | under 5 | |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,200 | under 5 | |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,782 | under 5 | |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,316 | under 5 | |
| 1915 | 6 | #4,023 | under 5 | |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,402 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Lanell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,478 Americans recorded as Lanell, 86% are girls and 14% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Lanell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lanell, and how old are they?
1,640 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 66% of the 2,478 Americans ever recorded as Lanell. The median Lanell alive today is 58 years old; half are between 45 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 1,664 people named Lanell (1,399 women and girls, 265 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,822 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 177 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 558 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 477 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 263 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 143 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 23 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lanell born?
The states with the most babies named Lanell are Texas, California and Oklahoma, with 93% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Oklahoma is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 569 | not ranked | 3.5× |
| California | 52 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Oklahoma | 16 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Mississippi | 15 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Louisiana | 14 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Georgia | 11 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Arkansas | 6 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Alabama | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Lanell is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lanell is most over-represented in Texas: since 1914 it was given 3.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lanell with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lanell
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lanell and names like it
- Compare Lanell and EvonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sLanell peaked in 1971.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lanell since 1910.
- The top names of 1971The year the most babies were named Lanell.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lanell alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.