Laniya
Recorded 1992–2025 · United States
Laniya was most popular in 2007, when 240 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,933 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,082, with 24 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,162 people named Laniya.
Laniya over time
How old is the name Laniya?
Laniya first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1992, which makes it about 33 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 34 of the 34 years since.
How many people are named Laniya?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,162 American births named Laniya between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,135 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Laniya in 2025?
24 American babies were named Laniya in 2025, ranking #9,082 that year.
Is Laniya getting more or less popular?
Laniya is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 33 births a year, against 134 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -75% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Laniya a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Laniya is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,162 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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.
How old is someone named Laniya?
Roughly 3,135 Americans named Laniya are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 17 years old, and half are between 13 and 21. That is a narrow band: Laniya arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Laniya is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org