Boys' name · since 1940
Lanning
18 babies named Lanning in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1940. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,782 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 1940
- 1940s
- peak decade
Lanning sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 18 recorded since 1940.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lanning has been recorded 18 times among boys since 1940, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1940 to 1950.
- #29,782 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 18 born since 1940
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lanning ranks #29,782 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1940, peaking in the 1940s.
- #29,782 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 1940
- 1940s
- peak decade
Lanning's 18 recorded births place it above 34.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lanning's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lanning splits its recorded history at 1947: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1950 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1940 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lanning popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1950
- Peak year (1940)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Lanning by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (13 births, 72% of the file).
1940s was Lanning's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Lanning births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
13 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).
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- Lanning's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 1950s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lanning: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~10 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, 1940–1950 (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 Lanning 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.