How Many People Are Named Laniya?

3,135

people named Laniya are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 109,022 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,162 babies named Laniya in Social Security records from 1992 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,025

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#2,825

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Peak Year

2007

240 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Laniya in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Laniya alive today is about 16 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 20 in 2025.

Under 30 3,107
99.1%
30 to 59 27
0.9%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Laniya first appears in the records in 1992 and was given most often in 2007, to 240 babies. In 2025, 24 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1992 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Laniya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,087, in 2007. In 2025 it ranked #5,324.

Girls
Rank in 2025#5,324
Best rank#1,087 (2007)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,341 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Laniya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Laniya were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 195 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Laniya was given 2.8 times as often in Louisiana, 2.8 times in Michigan and 2.3 times in Illinois.

Illinois 195
Florida 184
Ohio 170
Michigan 166
Texas 161
California 140
North Carolina 130
New York 129
Georgia 125
Louisiana 75
Virginia 66
Maryland 64
Indiana 56
Tennessee 51
Wisconsin 50
Pennsylvania 46
Mississippi 29
Missouri 28
South Carolina 27
Alabama 21
Arkansas 11
Kentucky 10
Minnesota 6
Massachusetts 6
Kansas 5
District of Columbia 5
Connecticut 5
Oklahoma 5

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