Girls' name · since 1969
Lany
125 babies named Lany in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,673 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,170 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 125
- born since 1969
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lany currently ranks #6170 among girls' names in America, with 125 babies recorded since 1969.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lany has been recorded 125 times among girls since 1969, currently ranked #6170 nationally and more common than 64% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2025.
- #24,673 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,170 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 125 born since 1969
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lany ranks #24,673 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,170 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 125 born since 1969, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,673 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,170 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 125
- born since 1969
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lany's 125 recorded births place it above 65.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Lany compares
125 29th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lany's all-time total is 67% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lany | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 125 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lany's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lany's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1969, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lany popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Lany popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1941 (Lany as boys' name)
Lany by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (67 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Lany's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Lany births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 22
2010s
22 births
- 2020s
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 67 births (54% of all-time use).
Lany by state
Where Lany concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 4.8% |
6 of 125 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Lanys (6 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Lany: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1969–2025 (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 Lany 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.