Girls' name · since 2000
Lanyah
Lanyah has 473 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,277 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,195 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 473
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lanyah currently ranks #9195 among girls' names in America, with 473 babies recorded since 2000.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lanyah has been recorded 473 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #9195 nationally and more common than 47% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #12,277 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,195 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 473 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lanyah ranks #12,277 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,195 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 473 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,277 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,195 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 473
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lanyah's 473 recorded births place it above 83.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Lanyah compares
473 Top 46% higher than 54% of 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
Lanyah's all-time total is 26% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lanyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 473 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 39 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lanyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lanyah splits its recorded history at 2013: 34% of all births land in the more recent half, 66% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2021 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 39 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lanyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Lanyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (223 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Lanyah's strongest decade.
223 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Lanyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
223 births
- 2010s
2010s
198 births
- 2020s 52
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 223 births (47% of all-time use).
Lanyah by state
Where Lanyah concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 473 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Lanyah's data
- Lanyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (223 total births); usage has since declined to 52 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Lanyahs (5 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 Lanyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Lanyah 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.