Lanisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lanisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,240 babies named Lanisha between 1971 and 2015, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lanisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 62 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lanisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 457 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lanisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 171 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Lanisha in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lanisha 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 1,240 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.