Laniah — #7767 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Laniah

The Social Security Administration has registered 831 babies named Laniah between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laniah currently holds the #7767 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 72 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Laniah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 389 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Laniah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 55 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Laniah in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Laniah 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 831 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.