Lanika — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lanika

The Social Security Administration has registered 467 babies named Lanika between 1973 and 2002, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lanika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lanika performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 215 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lanika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Lanika in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lanika 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 467 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.