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
- Peak · girls
- 1939 · 48 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,124since 1914
Lanell over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #8,209 | 7 | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #3,924 | 18 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #1,946 | 42 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #1,828 | 48 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #2,247 | 28 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,195 | 30 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #2,015 | 34 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,073 | 32 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #1,921 | 36 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,855 | 37 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #2,395 | 23 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,025 | 30 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #1,474 | 52 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,897 | 32 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,641 | 39 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,585 | 41 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,424 | 47 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #1,583 | 36 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,550 | 36 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,767 | 29 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,386 | 44 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,525 | 38 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,337 | 42 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,450 | 31 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,519 | 29 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,251 | 42 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,413 | 33 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,649 | 23 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,022 | 48 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,219 | 36 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,180 | 37 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,096 | 41 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,162 | 37 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,440 | 26 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,130 | 40 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,459 | 26 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,535 | 26 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,825 | 20 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,541 | 27 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,559 | 28 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,748 | 24 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,643 | 27 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,782 | 23 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,027 | 19 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 | — | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Texas#458 · 1 in 3,607
Best ever in a state: #354 in Texas, 1939.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #458 | 16 | 1 in 3,607 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1939 at #1,022 (48 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 17.5% of all girls named Lanell (371) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2021, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 53 | #2,156 (1919) | #2,816 |
| 1920s | 211 | #1,541 (1928) | #1,973 |
| 1930s | 339 | #1,022 (1939) | #1,285 |
| 1940s | 339 | #1,251 (1943) | #1,474 |
| 1950s | 371 | #1,424 (1953) | #1,722 |
| 1960s | 302 | #1,855 (1960) | #2,203 |
| 1970s | 248 | #1,828 (1971) | #3,274 |
| 1980s | 131 | #4,126 (1985) | #5,749 |
| 1990s | 73 | #7,067 (1992) | #9,907 |
| 2000s | 41 | #10,425 (2003) | #13,922 |
| 2010s | 10 | #16,419 (2015) | #16,706 |
| 2020s | 6 | #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
Top girls' names in 1938
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).
- #1,200Tonia37
- #1,200Trula37
- #1,200Vilma37
- #1,219Lanell36
- #1,219Garnett36
- #1,219Jody36
- #1,219Kathaleen36
- #1,231Almeta35
- #1,231Belia35
- #1,231Charlsie35
Tied with 11 names at #1,219; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.