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

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Peak · boys
1942 · 414 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,577
since 1919

Lanny over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lanny has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #299, 1942boys
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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——
2024—#12,3495
2023—#12,2395
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2021—#12,1465
2020—#9,5547
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2018—#10,7606
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2015—#10,6446
2014—#12,1085
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2012—#12,2745
2011—#5,94514
2010#16,9925—
2009#17,2945#10,9946
2008—#12,5535
2007—#7,59010
2006—#9,5857
2005—#5,27815
2004—#6,97610
2003—#7,8318
2002—#7,0559
2001—#7,5368
2000—#5,04014
1999—#6,04210
1998—#7,5607
1997—#5,28811
1996—#6,4968
1995—#5,50110
1994—#6,3728
1993—#4,69712
1992—#3,22020
1991—#2,60626
1990—#3,77915
1989—#2,98920
1988—#2,14629
1987—#2,33324
1986—#2,42922
1985—#2,29323
1984—#1,76432
1983—#1,95527
1982#10,5175#1,56339
1981#9,1106#1,99627
1980—#1,37847
1979—#1,20657
1978—#1,21454
1977—#1,06466
1976—#1,01067
1975—#1,00766
1974#7,6806#97770
1973—#91477
1972—#83792
1971—#88684
1970—#769115
1969—#756107
1968—#734103
1967—#76890
1966—#694114
1965—#702112
1964—#723113
1963—#723117
1962—#694122
1961—#603172
1960—#598172
1959—#607161
1958—#535206
1957—#570184
1956—#513218
1955—#486228
1954#5,7535#470240
1953#5,0406#408293
1952#4,4837#382321
1951—#336409
1950—#306489
1949—#303498
1948—#392298
1947#4,7646#375335
1946#4,4176#358332
1945—#384241
1944#4,5745#383247
1943—#358292
1942—#299414
1941—#301371
1940#4,3495#329302
1939—#388212
1938—#420183
1937—#429174
1936—#491133
1935—#520123
1934—#61593
1933—#1,36124
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First appearance
1919

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 1947

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedNHWashington: #328 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,503 boysWAIdaho: #154 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 850 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #243 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,502 boysMNIllinois: #336 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 6,206 boysILWisconsin: #299 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,515 boysWIMichigan: #266 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 4,012 boysMINew York: #588 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 22,571 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedRIOregon: #213 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,883 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedSDIowa: #208 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,018 boysIAIndiana: #243 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,820 boysINOhio: #333 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 6,771 boysOHPennsylvania: #288 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 5,392 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #429 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 7,962 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedCONebraska: #258 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,922 boysNEMissouri: #306 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,370 boysMOKentucky: #287 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,132 boysKYWest Virginia: #277 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,275 boysWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedNMKansas: #241 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,511 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedARTennessee: #257 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,806 boysTNNorth Carolina: #332 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,097 boysNCSouth Carolina: #393 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,755 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #395 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,253 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedMSAlabama: #487 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,987 boysALGeorgia: #335 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,095 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedHITexas: #375 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 3,502 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Lanny, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Idaho#154 · 1 in 850
  2. Iowa#208 · 1 in 2,018
  3. Oregon#213 · 1 in 1,883
  4. Kansas#241 · 1 in 2,511
  5. Indiana#243 · 1 in 2,820

Best ever in a state: #128 in Nebraska, 1939.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#15481 in 850
Iowa#208151 in 2,018
Oregon#21391 in 1,883
Kansas#24181 in 2,511
Indiana#243161 in 2,820
Minnesota#243101 in 3,502
Tennessee#257151 in 2,806
Nebraska#25851 in 2,922
Michigan#266191 in 4,012
West Virginia#27781 in 3,275
Kentucky#287121 in 3,132
Pennsylvania#288221 in 5,392
Wisconsin#29961 in 6,515
Missouri#306101 in 4,370
Washington#32851 in 5,503
North Carolina#332131 in 4,097
Ohio#333141 in 6,771
Georgia#335111 in 4,095
Illinois#336151 in 6,206
Texas#375281 in 3,502
South Carolina#39351 in 5,755
Louisiana#39581 in 4,253
California#429151 in 7,962
Alabama#48751 in 7,987
New York#58871 in 22,571
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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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 746 spots in 1934 (#1,361 → #615)
  • Biggest drop: 117 spots in 1971 (#769 → #886)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1942 at #299 (414 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 41 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1934–1974
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,311
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 34.8% of all boys named Lanny (3,330) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,168 (1919)#4,168
1920s6#3,822 (1923)#3,822
1930s950#388 (1939)#886
1940s3,330#299 (1942)#348
1950s2,749#306 (1950)#461
1960s1,222#598 (1960)#700
1970s748#769 (1970)#988
1980s290#1,378 (1980)#2,085
1990s127#2,606 (1991)#5,156
2000s92#5,040 (2000)#8,044
2010s36#5,945 (2011)#10,346
2020s22#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 1947

girls
#4,764
6 births · 1 in 295,461 girls
boys
#375
335 births · 1 in 5,461 boys

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #4,764Lanny6

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #375Lanny335
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 295,461 of them was named Lanny, which outranked 22.0% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lanny
  1. #4,345Zela7
  2. #4,345Zenia7
  3. #4,345Zulma7
  4. #4,764Lanny6
  5. #4,764Adine6
  6. #4,764Adlean6
  7. #4,764Adlene6
  8. #5,295Abbey5
  9. #5,295Abelina5
  10. #5,295Acquanetta5

Tied with 530 names at #4,764; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 417Michaele#1,276 → #859
  2. ↑ 385Carlotta#997 → #612
  3. ↑ 332Ricki#1,290 → #958
  4. ↑ 300Daria#1,220 → #920
  5. ↑ 290Ivy#1,087 → #797
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Merlene#961 → #1,302
  2. ↓ 285Beatriz#985 → #1,270
  3. ↓ 276Ruthanne#874 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 253Estela#897 → #1,150
  5. ↓ 242Verla#885 → #1,127

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

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 5,461 of them was named Lanny, which outranked 91.2% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lanny
  1. #372Billie341
  2. #373Spencer337
  3. #374Harley336
  4. #375Lanny335
  5. #375Harlan335
  6. #377Kirk334
  7. #378Hector333
  8. #379Al330

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,271Brock#2,271 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 586Shawn#1,509 → #923
  3. ↑ 500Jed#1,475 → #975
  4. ↑ 358Jody#935 → #577
  5. ↑ 355Deryl#1,355 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Hurley#952 → #1,449
  2. ↓ 393Prentice#878 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 362Darvin#935 → #1,297
  4. ↓ 310Lary#826 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 303Judith#856 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1947 →