Lanie
Lanie was given to 83 girls in 2025, #2,227 among girls’ names; 5,637 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,990 Americans named Lanie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (89% of everyone recorded); the median is 20 years old and half are between 13 and 29.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lanie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lanie?
#2,227 among girls’ names, 2025
Lanie fell from #1,969 in 2015 to #2,227 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 57.1 to 51.6 per million.
225 babies in 2006, the peak
Lanie peaked in 2006, when 225 girls were given it, #1,117 among girls’ names. The 83 births of 2025 are 37% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | #2,227 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 110 | #1,832 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 87 | #2,188 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 93 | #2,077 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 100 | #1,963 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 102 | #1,889 | 0.06 |
| 2019 | 109 | #1,856 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 105 | #1,908 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 96 | #2,048 | 0.06 |
| 2016 | 84 | #2,281 | 0.05 |
Every recorded year (138)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 102 | #1,969 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 113 | #1,813 | 0.06 |
| 2013 | 132 | #1,627 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 120 | #1,725 | 0.07 |
| 2011 | 193 | #1,239 | 0.11 |
| 2010 | 183 | #1,294 | 0.10 |
| 2009 | 155 | #1,486 | 0.08 |
| 2008 | 189 | #1,316 | 0.10 |
| 2007 | 207 | #1,212 | 0.11 |
| 2006 | 225 | #1,117 | 0.12 |
| 2005 | 212 | #1,117 | 0.11 |
| 2004 | 201 | #1,137 | 0.11 |
| 2003 | 209 | #1,068 | 0.11 |
| 2002 | 165 | #1,221 | 0.09 |
| 2001 | 135 | #1,407 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 112 | #1,579 | 0.06 |
| 1999 | 90 | #1,774 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 57 | #2,441 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 56 | #2,375 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 54 | #2,408 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 58 | #2,292 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 54 | #2,390 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 45 | #2,697 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 67 | #2,038 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 82 | #1,753 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 69 | #1,976 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 47 | #2,458 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,095 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 21 | #4,055 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 15 | #5,086 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 20 | #4,065 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,080 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,820 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,480 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,817 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 40 | #2,412 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,393 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,901 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,144 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,883 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,246 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 31 | #2,468 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,177 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,639 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,317 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,480 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 39 | #2,014 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,917 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,559 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,206 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,840 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,304 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,716 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,518 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,390 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,449 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,343 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,832 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,400 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,658 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,474 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 9 | #4,129 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,094 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,215 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,203 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,532 | under 0.01 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,759 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,478 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,355 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,678 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,678 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 10 | #3,047 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,367 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 10 | #3,097 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,198 | under 0.01 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,859 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,091 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,554 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,313 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,643 | under 0.01 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,985 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,752 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,494 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,507 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,052 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,450 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 7 | #4,075 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,258 | under 0.01 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,240 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,601 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,412 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,877 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,273 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,217 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,443 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,066 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,487 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,573 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,190 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,695 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,636 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,780 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,719 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,572 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,537 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,763 | 0.02 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,724 | 0.02 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,376 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,608 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,424 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,505 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,705 | 0.02 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,276 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,650 | 0.02 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,331 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,319 | 0.03 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,324 | 0.03 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,495 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 11 | #979 | 0.05 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,051 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,364 | 0.03 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,424 | 0.03 |
| 1889 | 9 | #929 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 9 | #925 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 8 | #905 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 6 | #991 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 5 | #983 | 0.04 |
| 1880 | 6 | #795 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lanie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lanie has been given almost only to girls: 35 boys in 138 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lanie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lanie, and how old are they?
4,990 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 89% of the 5,637 Americans ever recorded as Lanie. The median Lanie alive today is 20 years old; half are between 13 and 29.
The 2020 Census counted 4,786 people named Lanie (4,695 women and girls, 91 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,512 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 43 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 165 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 350 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 643 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,480 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,310 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lanie born?
The states with the most babies named Lanie are North Carolina, Texas and Illinois, with 58% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 8 | #1,106 | 1.2× |
| Texas | 7 | #2,797 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,336 | 0.7× |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,129 | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,595 | 0.5× |
| Kentucky | 5 | #807 | 0.2× |
Where Lanie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lanie is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 3.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lanie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 99,507 babies since 1880, Lanie is the fifth most given (5.7% of them). In 2025 it was given to 83 of their 1,811 babies (4.6%), the sixth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lanie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lanie and names like it
- Compare Lanie and LanaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sLanie peaked in 2006.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lanie since 1910.
- The top names of 2006The year the most babies were named Lanie.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Lanie alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with LMost given first.