Girls' name · since 1946
Lannette
560 babies named Lannette in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,045 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 560
- born since 1946
- 1960s
- peak decade
560 girls have been named Lannette since 1946, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lannette has 560 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 1999.
- #11,045 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 560 born since 1946
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lannette ranks #11,045 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 560 born since 1946, peaking in the 1960s.
- #11,045 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 560
- born since 1946
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lannette's 560 recorded births place it above 84.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Lannette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lannette's SSA record in two at 1970 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1950, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1968 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lannette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1999
- Peak year (1968)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Lannette by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (199 births, 36% of the file).
1960s was Lannette's strongest decade.
199 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Lannette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 25
1940s
25 births
- 1950s
1950s
88 births
- 1960s
1960s
199 births
- 1970s
1970s
148 births
- 1980s 74
1980s
74 births
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 199 births (36% of all-time use).
How Lannette 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 Lannette's total volume
Lannette by state
Where Lannette concentrates geographically, total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 43 | 7.7% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.9% |
43 of 560 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Lannette's decade-level peak was the 1960s (199 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Lannettes (43 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lannette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1946–1999 (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 Lannette 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.