Laniyah

#2,354 for girls in 2025, 77 births

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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202007peak #896, 2010girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
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 2007

  • 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: #915 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,644 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedWIMichigan: #542 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,047 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: #1,034 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,628 girlsINOhio: #923 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,373 girlsOHPennsylvania: #653 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,009 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,041 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,867 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,940 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 18,173 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: #724 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,235 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #1,188 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,694 girlsVAMaryland: #785 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,280 girlsMDDelaware: 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: #663 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,616 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #837 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,811 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #190 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 550 girlsDCOklahoma: 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: #792 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,171 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Laniyah, so not publishedHITexas: #2,297 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 21,145 girlsTXFlorida: #864 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,252 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#190 · 1 in 550
  2. Michigan#542 · 1 in 3,047
  3. Pennsylvania#653 · 1 in 4,009
  4. Tennessee#663 · 1 in 3,616
  5. Missouri#724 · 1 in 4,235

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#19061 in 550
Michigan#542151 in 3,047
Pennsylvania#653141 in 4,009
Tennessee#66391 in 3,616
Missouri#72471 in 4,235
Maryland#78561 in 4,280
Georgia#792131 in 4,171
North Carolina#837101 in 4,811
Florida#864171 in 5,252
Illinois#915121 in 5,644
Ohio#92391 in 6,373
Indiana#1,03451 in 6,628
New Jersey#1,04161 in 6,867
Virginia#1,18851 in 7,694
California#1,940131 in 18,173
Texas#2,29781 in 21,145
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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.

See more about Laniyah
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#2,347 → #2,354)
  • 638 spots since 2020 (#1,716 → #2,354)
  • 1,079 spots since 2015 (#1,275 → #2,354)
  • Biggest jump: 319 spots in 2010 (#1,215 → #896)
  • Biggest drop: 140 spots in 2011 (#896 → #1,036)
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.

Laniyah in 2007

girls
#1,283
191 births · 1 in 10,066 girls

Top girls' names in 2007

  1. #1Emily19,367
  2. #2Isabella19,143
  3. #3Emma18,390
  4. #4Ava18,053
  5. #5Madison17,968
  6. #6Sophia17,031
  7. #7Olivia16,589
  8. #8Abigail15,476
  9. #9Hannah13,323
  10. #10Elizabeth13,071
  11. #1,283Laniyah191
More about 2007

girls

1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 10,066 of them was named Laniyah, which outranked 93.8% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Laniyah
  1. #1,277Lilyanna192
  2. #1,277Lizette192
  3. #1,277Yulissa192
  4. #1,283Laniyah191
  5. #1,283Eloise191
  6. #1,283Grayson191
  7. #1,283Reanna191
  8. #1,288Aubrianna190
  9. #1,288Karolina190
  10. #1,288Karsyn190

Tied with 4 names at #1,283; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2006
Risers
  1. ↑ 16,568Jaslene#17,168 → #600
  2. ↑ 5,379Marely#6,125 → #746
  3. ↑ 2,556Audrina#3,264 → #708
  4. ↑ 2,506Jordin#3,090 → #584
  5. ↑ 1,358Azul#2,081 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 4,216Bethzy#881 → #5,097
  2. ↓ 346Akeelah#708 → #1,054
  3. ↓ 326Tayla#926 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 312Betsy#747 → #1,059
  5. ↓ 295Shakira#780 → #1,075

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2007 →