Lanie Girl
How popular is Lanie?
#2,214 girl name in 2025
83 baby girls were named Lanie in the US in 2025, making it the 2214th most popular girl name.
Lanie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,214 for girls (▼ 391 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 83 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-19% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,964 in 2015, #1,883 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (225 girls) |
| Highest rank | #738 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lanie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lainey family of names ranked #27 for girls in 2025 (#37 the year before), with 6,919 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lainey | 5,738 | 83% |
| Laney | 421 | 6% |
| Laynie | 172 | 2% |
| Lanie | 83 | 1% |
| Lani | 131 | 2% |
| Laynee | 121 | 2% |
| Lainee | 129 | 2% |
| Lainie | 52 | 1% |
| Layni | 25 | 0% |
| Layney | 10 | 0% |
| Lany | 19 | 0% |
| Laini | 10 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lanie is most popular
Babies named Lanie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Indiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Missouri: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Oklahoma: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Lanie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 43 | #738 |
| 1890s | 59 | #950 |
| 1900s | 75 | #1,227 |
| 1910s | 131 | #1,521 |
| 1920s | 121 | #2,010 |
| 1930s | 59 | #2,425 |
| 1940s | 101 | #2,596 |
| 1950s | 101 | #3,105 |
| 1960s | 157 | #2,003 |
| 1970s | 230 | #2,433 |
| 1980s | 271 | #2,391 |
| 1990s | 632 | #1,746 |
| 2000s | 1,810 | #1,066 |
| 2010s | 1,237 | #1,237 |
| 2020s | 575 | #1,823 |
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Questions
- Is Lanie a boy or girl name?
- Lanie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lanie were girls.
- How popular is the name Lanie?
- 83 baby girls were named Lanie in the US in 2025, making it the 2214th most popular girl name.
- When was Lanie most popular?
- Lanie peaked in 2006, when 225 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #738 in 1880.
- How many people are named Lanie?
- 5,637 babies have been named Lanie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,021 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Lanie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lanie was most common in Indiana, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.