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.

Lansing

#7,187 most common boys' name of all time · #18,052 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–2014

Rank among boys
#7,187
Rank overall
#18,052 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
512
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1952 #1,538
Best rank
#1,538 1952
Girls Boys peak 25/yr
19201940196019802000

Lansing first appears in 1912. 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
2014 — 5 5 #12,226
1999 — 5 5 #10,046
1998 — 6 6 #8,567
1996 — 6 6 #8,063
1990 — 5 5 #8,278
1988 — 6 6 #6,546
1984 — 7 7 #5,085
1982 — 5 5 #6,530
1973 — 5 5 #5,241
1972 — 5 5 #5,137
1971 — 7 7 #4,078
1970 — 6 6 #4,358
1969 — 5 5 #4,560
1967 — 9 9 #2,835
1966 — 6 6 #3,664
1964 — 8 8 #3,143
1963 — 8 8 #3,160
1962 — 9 9 #2,929
1961 — 6 6 #3,784
1960 — 13 13 #2,367
1959 — 6 6 #3,750
1958 — 7 7 #3,384
1957 — 5 5 #4,144
1956 — 8 8 #3,076
1955 — 8 8 #3,071
1954 — 8 8 #3,057
1953 — 16 16 #2,006
1952 — 25 25 #1,538
1951 — 17 17 #1,883
1950 — 16 16 #1,916
1949 — 12 12 #2,292
1948 — 7 7 #3,158
1947 — 15 15 #2,039
1946 — 11 11 #2,355
1945 — 8 8 #2,666
1944 — 5 5 #3,594
1943 — 12 12 #2,247
1942 — 16 16 #1,854
1941 — 6 6 #3,300
1940 — 6 6 #3,283
1936 — 8 8 #2,754
1931 — 7 7 #3,215
1930 — 8 8 #3,156
1928 — 5 5 #4,313
1927 — 8 8 #3,274
1926 — 10 10 #2,822
1924 — 10 10 #2,929
1923 — 11 11 #2,713
1922 — 6 6 #3,982
1921 — 13 13 #2,460
1920 — 6 6 #3,950
1919 — 10 10 #2,781
1918 — 12 12 #2,489
1917 — 17 17 #1,888
1916 — 16 16 #1,933
1915 — 7 7 #3,209
1914 — 6 6 #3,076
1912 — 6 6 #2,497