How Many People Are Named Lanis?
people named Lanis are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,946,421 people in the US has this name
Based on 240 babies named Lanis in Social Security records from 1916 to 1980, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
19 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Lanis, 33.8% were girls and 66.2% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lanis alive today is about 72 years old, and 86% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 70 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lanis first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 1947, to 19 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1980.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 1980
🏆 Rank History
Lanis has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,213, in 1946. Among girls, its best rank was #3,540, in 1944.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,213 (1946) | #3,540 (1944) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,172 in the 1940s | #5,256 in the 1940s |
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