Lanis**
#10,802 most common boys' name of all time · #27,397 across all names · 76% male / 24% female · used 1916–1980 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#10,802
Rank overall
#27,397 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
30 of 146
All-time
240
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1947 #2,637
Best rank
#2,246 1946
Girls
Boys
peak 19/yr
Lanis first appears in 1916. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,079 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,413 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,213 |
| 1957 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,172 |
| 1956 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,125 |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,151 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,107 |
| 1953 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #4,098 |
| 1952 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #2,815 |
| 1951 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #2,623 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1948 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1947 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #2,637 |
| 1946 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #2,246 |
| 1945 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,638 |
| 1944 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #3,345 |
| 1943 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,463 |
| 1942 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,687 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1934 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,207 |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,662 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,121 |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,541 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,047 |
| 1925 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,639 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,535 |
| 1916 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,847 |