Girls' name · since 2003
Laniaya
43 babies named Laniaya in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #36,724 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Laniaya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 43 have been recorded since 2003.
Laniaya has 43 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2015.
- #36,724 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 43 born since 2003
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laniaya ranks #36,724 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 43 born since 2003, peaking in the 2000s.
- #36,724 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Laniaya's 43 recorded births place it above 49.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Laniaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Laniaya's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Laniaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2015
- Peak year (2007)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Laniaya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (28 births, 65% of the file).
2000s was Laniaya's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Laniaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 28 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Laniaya's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (28 total births) through the 2010s (15) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Laniaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~12 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, 2003–2015 (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 Laniaya 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.