Lanny
Last seen for girls in 2010 at #16,992 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1942 · 414 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,577since 1919
Lanny over time
Rank among boys' names. Lanny has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,278 | 15 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,040 | 14 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #6,496 | 8 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,697 | 12 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,220 | 20 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,606 | 26 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,779 | 15 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,989 | 20 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,146 | 29 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,333 | 24 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,429 | 22 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,293 | 23 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,764 | 32 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,955 | 27 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #1,563 | 39 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #1,996 | 27 |
| 1980 | — | #1,378 | 47 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,206 | 57 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,214 | 54 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,064 | 66 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,010 | 67 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,007 | 66 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #977 | 70 |
| 1973 | — | #914 | 77 | |
| 1972 | — | #837 | 92 | |
| 1971 | — | #886 | 84 | |
| 1970 | — | #769 | 115 | |
| 1969 | — | #756 | 107 | |
| 1968 | — | #734 | 103 | |
| 1967 | — | #768 | 90 | |
| 1966 | — | #694 | 114 | |
| 1965 | — | #702 | 112 | |
| 1964 | — | #723 | 113 | |
| 1963 | — | #723 | 117 | |
| 1962 | — | #694 | 122 | |
| 1961 | — | #603 | 172 | |
| 1960 | — | #598 | 172 | |
| 1959 | — | #607 | 161 | |
| 1958 | — | #535 | 206 | |
| 1957 | — | #570 | 184 | |
| 1956 | — | #513 | 218 | |
| 1955 | — | #486 | 228 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #470 | 240 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #408 | 293 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #382 | 321 |
| 1951 | — | #336 | 409 | |
| 1950 | — | #306 | 489 | |
| 1949 | — | #303 | 498 | |
| 1948 | — | #392 | 298 | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #375 | 335 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #358 | 332 |
| 1945 | — | #384 | 241 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #383 | 247 |
| 1943 | — | #358 | 292 | |
| 1942 | — | #299 | 414 | |
| 1941 | — | #301 | 371 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #329 | 302 |
| 1939 | — | #388 | 212 | |
| 1938 | — | #420 | 183 | |
| 1937 | — | #429 | 174 | |
| 1936 | — | #491 | 133 | |
| 1935 | — | #520 | 123 | |
| 1934 | — | #615 | 93 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,361 | 24 | |
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| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
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| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
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| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Lanny! It came in at #4,168, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1922, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lanny is popular in 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nebraska#146 · 1 in 833
- Washington#188 · 1 in 1,471
- Iowa#191 · 1 in 1,671
- Colorado#221 · 1 in 1,868
- Kansas#231 · 1 in 2,209
Best ever in a state: #128 in Nebraska, 1939.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #146 | 12 | 1 in 833 |
| Washington | #188 | 8 | 1 in 1,471 |
| Iowa | #191 | 12 | 1 in 1,671 |
| Colorado | #221 | 5 | 1 in 1,868 |
| Kansas | #231 | 6 | 1 in 2,209 |
| Indiana | #242 | 9 | 1 in 2,999 |
| Ohio | #255 | 14 | 1 in 3,765 |
| Minnesota | #274 | 6 | 1 in 3,744 |
| California | #320 | 12 | 1 in 3,926 |
| Missouri | #324 | 6 | 1 in 4,632 |
| Michigan | #325 | 8 | 1 in 5,538 |
| Illinois | #326 | 11 | 1 in 5,187 |
| Pennsylvania | #350 | 11 | 1 in 6,928 |
| Kentucky | #435 | 5 | 1 in 5,594 |
| New York | #502 | 6 | 1 in 14,709 |
| Texas | #542 | 10 | 1 in 5,917 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Lanny
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 746 spots in 1934 (#1,361 → #615)
- Biggest drop: 117 spots in 1971 (#769 → #886)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1942 at #299 (414 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1934–1974
- Highest: 1 in 3,311 boys born in 1941 were named Lanny (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #299 in 1942, was only 1 in 3,336 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 34.8% of all boys named Lanny (3,330) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,168 (1919) | #4,168 |
| 1920s | 6 | #3,822 (1923) | #3,822 |
| 1930s | 950 | #388 (1939) | #886 |
| 1940s | 3,330 | #299 (1942) | #348 |
| 1950s | 2,749 | #306 (1950) | #461 |
| 1960s | 1,222 | #598 (1960) | #700 |
| 1970s | 748 | #769 (1970) | #988 |
| 1980s | 290 | #1,378 (1980) | #2,085 |
| 1990s | 127 | #2,606 (1991) | #5,156 |
| 2000s | 92 | #5,040 (2000) | #8,044 |
| 2010s | 36 | #5,945 (2011) | #10,346 |
| 2020s | 22 | #9,554 (2020) | #11,572 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lanny in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 6,061 of them was named Lanny, which outranked 89.6% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #416Jeff187
- #418Ricardo186
- #418Terrance186
- #420Lanny183
- #420Barney183
- #420Hector183
- #420Jake183
- #425Delmer180
- #425Linwood180
- #427Cleo178
Tied with 4 names at #420; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.