Girls' name · since 1958
Lanise
Lanise has 603 recorded births since 1958 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1972 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,526 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 603
- born since 1958
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lanise is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 603 have been recorded since 1958.
Lanise has 603 recorded births among girls since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 2020.
- #10,526 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 603 born since 1958
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lanise ranks #10,526 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 603 born since 1958, peaking in the 1970s.
- #10,526 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 603
- born since 1958
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lanise's 603 recorded births place it above 85.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Lanise's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lanise's full recorded timeline at 1988, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1972 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lanise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2020
- Peak year (1972)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Lanise by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (149 births, 25% of the file).
1970s was Lanise's strongest decade.
149 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Lanise births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s
1960s
64 births
- 1970s
1970s
149 births
- 1980s
1980s
128 births
- 1990s
1990s
108 births
- 2000s
2000s
96 births
- 2010s 41
2010s
41 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 149 births (25% of all-time use).
How Lanise compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lanise's total volume
Lanise by state
Where Lanise concentrates geographically, total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.7% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 0.8% |
10 of 603 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Lanise's data
- Lanise's decade-level peak was the 1970s (149 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Lanises (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lanise: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1958–2020 (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 Lanise 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.