Boys' name · since 1907
Lanham
Since 1907, U.S. Social Security records show 6 babies named Lanham, peaking in 1907. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #38,111 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 6
- born since 1907
- 1900s
- peak decade
6 boys have been named Lanham since 1907, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lanham has 6 recorded births among boys since 1907, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1900s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1907 to 1907.
- #38,111 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 6 born since 1907
- 1900s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lanham ranks #38,111 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 6 born since 1907, peaking in the 1900s.
- #38,111 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 6
- born since 1907
- 1900s
- peak decade
Lanham's 6 recorded births place it above 14.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lanham popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1907–1907
- Peak year (1907)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Lanham by decade
1900s is the heaviest window (6 births, 100% of the file).
1900s was Lanham's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Lanham births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s
1900s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1900s at 6 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lanham: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1907)
Similar record span (~0 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, 1907–1907 (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 Lanham 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.