Laniyah

Peak · girls
2010 · 295 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,704
since 1994

Laniyah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Laniyah has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1990200020102020peak #896, 2010girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#2,35477
2024#2,34778
2023#1,890105
2022#2,25383
2021#1,721120
2020#1,716118
2019#1,888106
2018#1,595134
2017#1,392165
2016#1,550144
2015#1,275191
2014#1,333177
2013#1,171205
2012#1,080230
2011#1,036240
2010#896295
2009#1,215205
2008#1,218208
2007#1,283191
2006#1,331175
2005#1,494140
2004#1,769108
2003#2,41368
2002#3,65436
2001#3,36840
2000#5,15122
1999#5,03921
1998#8,58410
1997#12,0706
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First appearance
1994

The first year at least five girls were named Laniyah! It came in at #11,778, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1995–1996, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Laniyah is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,061 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,955 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #3,095 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 32,345 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedHITexas: #1,790 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 13,379 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Michigan#1,061 · 1 in 5,955
  2. Texas#1,790 · 1 in 13,379
  3. California#3,095 · 1 in 32,345

Best ever in a state: #190 in District of Columbia, 2007.

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Texas#1,790121 in 13,379
California#3,09551 in 32,345
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Laniyah
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 638 spots since 2020 (#1,716 → #2,354)
  • Biggest jump: 319 spots in 2010
  • Biggest drop: 140 spots in 2011
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1994
  • Peaked 2010 at #896 (295 births)
  • Births halved by 2016, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 2010
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,026
  • Highest: 1 in 6,026 girls born in 2010 were named Laniyah (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 20,874 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 50.9% of all girls named Laniyah (1,887) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s43#5,039 (1999)#9,368
2000s1,193#1,215 (2009)#2,290
2010s1,887#896 (2010)#1,322
2020s581#1,716 (2020)#2,047

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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