Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lania

#7,242 most common girls' name of all time · #12,168 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1962–2025

Rank among girls
#7,242
Rank overall
#12,168 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
962
Since 2016
130
Peak year
2005 #2,767
Best rank
#2,767 2005
Girls Boys peak 60/yr
198020002020

Lania first appears in 1962. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 10 — 10 #9,604
2024 17 — 17 #6,713
2023 15 — 15 #7,343
2022 10 — 10 #9,828
2021 10 — 10 #9,746
2020 14 — 14 #7,656
2019 13 — 13 #8,255
2018 14 — 14 #7,846
2017 14 — 14 #7,953
2016 13 — 13 #8,496
2015 19 — 19 #6,525
2014 20 — 20 #6,282
2013 23 — 23 #5,696
2012 28 — 28 #5,015
2011 30 — 30 #4,717
2010 26 — 26 #5,302
2009 32 — 32 #4,608
2008 41 — 41 #3,889
2007 39 — 39 #4,006
2006 50 — 50 #3,280
2005 60 — 60 #2,767
2004 57 — 57 #2,825
2003 43 — 43 #3,366
2002 41 — 41 #3,352
2001 40 — 40 #3,390
2000 20 — 20 #5,555
1999 23 — 23 #4,771
1998 26 — 26 #4,286
1997 23 — 23 #4,577
1996 19 — 19 #5,145
1995 15 — 15 #6,068
1994 9 — 9 #9,039
1993 7 — 7 #10,893
1992 7 — 7 #10,810
1991 17 — 17 #5,507
1990 11 — 11 #7,520
1989 9 — 9 #8,311
1988 6 — 6 #10,812
1987 6 — 6 #10,330
1986 7 — 7 #8,917
1984 7 — 7 #8,530
1983 10 — 10 #6,454
1982 5 — 5 #11,143
1981 7 — 7 #8,503
1980 5 — 5 #11,000
1979 7 — 7 #8,460
1978 6 — 6 #9,031
1977 7 — 7 #7,968
1975 5 — 5 #9,697
1974 7 — 7 #7,303
1964 5 — 5 #7,571
1962 7 — 7 #5,837