Recorded 1997–2021 Girls' name Peak 2005 267 births

Lanyia — girls' name

267 babies named Lanyia in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s182000s1682010s762020s5
2000s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Lanyia was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

29 babies were named Lanyia in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lanyia

The Social Security Administration has registered 267 babies named Lanyia between 1997 and 2021, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lanyia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lanyia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 168 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lanyia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lanyia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lanyia 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 267 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.

Lanyia at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

267

Since 1997

25 years of records

Peak year

2005

29 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

1997

Recorded for 25 years

Last year on file: 2021

Lanyia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1997

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2005)
29
Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
010203040 20212015201220092006200320001997 6

Lanyia by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
168 births that decade — 63% of Lanyia's all-time total
1990s182000s1682010s762020s5

Lanyia by state

Where Lanyia concentrates geographically — total births since 1997

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Lanyia
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
5 1.9%
Texas share of Lanyia's total US births 1.9%

5 of 267 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lanyia?
267 babies have been named Lanyia since 1997. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2005 with 29 births.
When was Lanyia most popular?
Lanyia was most popular in the 2000s decade with 168 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
Where is Lanyia most popular?
The top states for the name Lanyia are Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Lanyia been used?
Lanyia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 25 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Lanyia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lana, Laney, Lani, Landry, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.