Lanesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lanesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 900 babies named Lanesha between 1970 and 2010, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lanesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lanesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 317 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lanesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 74 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Lanesha in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lanesha 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 900 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.