Lanell

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592 · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls 85.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1939 · 48 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,124
since 1914

Lanell over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #1,022, 1939peak #2,540, 1975girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022#13,5926
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017#12,2465
2016
2015#16,4195
2014
2013#9,6557
2012#12,2745
2011
2010#16,9925#10,7666
2009#13,7047#12,4915
2008#13,8327#9,8717
2007#17,6365#9,7887
2006#9,5857
2005#11,8348#8,2998
2004#16,0995#6,97610
2003#10,4259#9,5816
2002
2001#6,01311
2000#8,2097
1999#9,4799#9,9125
1998#12,4266
1997
1996#8,8129#9,0155
1995#11,7836#6,9927
1994#11,7786#6,3728
1993#10,5887#5,7719
1992#7,06712#8,4355
1991#7,98710#6,5197
1990#9,2478#4,67311
1989#9,6817#7,9055
1988#5,89513#4,45010
1987#4,85716#5,4597
1986#5,18814#6,7215
1985#4,12619#6,5235
1984#6,8109
1983#6,21210
1982#4,94514#5,6196
1981#5,25413#3,85810
1980#4,51716#3,83810
1979#4,62615#4,4038
1978#3,92418#4,5547
1977#4,42515#3,20312
1976#4,15415#4,0128
1975#3,15522#2,54016
1974#3,31320#3,5589
1973#2,91423#3,6948
1972#1,94642#3,3449
1971#1,82848#4,3756
1970#2,45030#3,8367
1969#2,39629#4,4045
1968#2,70822#3,6736
1967#2,43225#2,9858
1966#2,19129#3,9485
1965#2,24728
1964#2,19530#4,0395
1963#2,01534
1962#2,07332#3,6406
1961#1,92136
1960#1,85537#3,3377
1959#2,39523
1958#2,02530#3,9445
1957#1,47452
1956#1,89732
1955#1,64139
1954#1,58541
1953#1,42447#3,7985
1952#1,64135#3,3736
1951#1,58336
1950#1,55036
1949#1,76729
1948#1,38644
1947#1,52538
1946#1,33742
1945#1,45031
1944#1,51929
1943#1,25142
1942#1,41333
1941#1,64923
1940#1,44228
1939#1,02248
1938#1,21936
1937#1,18037
1936#1,09641
1935#1,16237
1934#1,44026
1933#1,60622
1932#1,13040
1931#1,45926
1930#1,53526
1929#1,82520
1928#1,54127
1927#1,55928
1926#1,99719
1925#1,74824
1924#1,64327
1923#1,78223
1922#2,02719
1921#2,50914
1920#3,09710
1919#2,15616
1918
1917#2,69311
1916#2,24614
1915#3,7956
1914#3,1886
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five girls were named Lanell! It came in at #3,188, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1918, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Lanell is popular in 1938

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedHITexas: #458 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,607 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Lanell, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#458 · 1 in 3,607

Best ever in a state: #354 in Texas, 1939.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Texas#458161 in 3,607
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Lanell
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1939 at #1,022 (48 births)
  • Births halved by 1941, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 22,846
  • Highest: 1 in 22,846 girls born in 1939 were named Lanell (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 273,355 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 17.5% of all girls named Lanell (371) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2022
  • Mostly boys until 2021, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s53#2,156 (1919)#2,816
1920s211#1,541 (1928)#1,973
1930s339#1,022 (1939)#1,285
1940s339#1,251 (1943)#1,474
1950s371#1,424 (1953)#1,722
1960s302#1,855 (1960)#2,203
1970s248#1,828 (1971)#3,274
1980s131#4,126 (1985)#5,749
1990s73#7,067 (1992)#9,907
2000s41#10,425 (2003)#13,922
2010s10#16,419 (2015)#16,706
2020s6#13,592 (2022)#13,592

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lanell in 1938

girls
#1,219
36 births · 1 in 30,652 girls

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #1,219Lanell36
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 30,652 of them was named Lanell, which outranked 75.6% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lanell
  1. #1,200Tonia37
  2. #1,200Trula37
  3. #1,200Vilma37
  4. #1,219Lanell36
  5. #1,219Garnett36
  6. #1,219Jody36
  7. #1,219Kathaleen36
  8. #1,231Almeta35
  9. #1,231Belia35
  10. #1,231Charlsie35

Tied with 11 names at #1,219; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. 2,209Danielle#2,940#731
  2. 833Lorelei#1,451#618
  3. 623Helaine#1,493#870
  4. 399Janine#1,330#931
  5. 392Imelda#1,282#890
Fallers
  1. 1,261Noreta#964#2,225
  2. 513Norita#532#1,045
  3. 432Noretta#856#1,288
  4. 366Ferne#950#1,316
  5. 327Verdell#904#1,231

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1938