Lanny — #12471 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Lanny

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,577 babies named Lanny between 1919 and 2024, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lanny currently holds the #12471 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 498 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lanny performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 3,330 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Lanny shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 795 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Lanny in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lanny 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 9,577 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.