Is Lanetta a boy or girl name?

Lanetta is a girl’s name. Of the 1,064 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Lanetta

Recorded 1925–2007 · United States

Lanetta was most popular in 1967, when 41 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,851 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,064 people named Lanetta.

Lanetta over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lanetta’s peak in 1967. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lanetta a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lanetta is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,064 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org