Laniece — girls' name

What the Data Says About Laniece

The Social Security Administration has registered 539 babies named Laniece between 1964 and 2016, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laniece currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Laniece performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Laniece shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Laniece in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Laniece 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 539 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.