Recorded 1959–2000 Girls' name Peak 1976 54 births

Lanese — girls' name

54 babies named Lanese in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s51960s61970s131980s101990s152000s5
1990s
Peak decade

28% of everyone ever named Lanese was born in this single decade.

1976
Single peak year

8 babies were named Lanese in 1976 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lanese

The Social Security Administration has registered 54 babies named Lanese between 1959 and 2000, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lanese currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lanese performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lanese shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lanese 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 54 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.

Lanese at a glance

Last recorded 2000

Total births

54

Since 1959

42 years of records

Peak year

1976

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2000

Active since

1959

Recorded for 42 years

Last year on file: 2000

Lanese popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1959

Last recorded 2000
Peak year (1976)
8
Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
456789 2000199619911990198919841976197519691959 5

Lanese by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
15 births that decade — 28% of Lanese's all-time total
1950s51960s61970s131980s101990s152000s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lanese?
54 babies have been named Lanese since 1959. It was last recorded in 2000. The peak year was 1976 with 8 births.
When was Lanese most popular?
Lanese was most popular in the 1990s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 1976.
How long has the name Lanese been used?
Lanese has been recorded in Social Security data since 1959, spanning 42 years of data through 2000.
What names are similar to Lanese?
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, 1959–2000 (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.