Is Lanier a boy or girl name?

Lanier is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 1,217 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 12.7% were girls and 87.3% were boys.

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Lanier

Recorded 1914–2025 · United States

Lanier was most popular in 1972, when 24 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,400 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,831, with 16 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,217 people named Lanier.

Lanier over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lanier’s peak in 1972. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lanier a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lanier is mostly a boy’s name — 12.7% of the 1,217 Americans given it were girls and 87.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 43% girls and 57% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Lanier

Where Lanier is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Georgia 33.0×

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