Lansing — boys' name

What the Data Says About Lansing

The Social Security Administration has registered 512 babies named Lansing between 1912 and 2014, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lansing currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lansing performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Lansing shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Lansing in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lansing 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 512 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.