Lanny
Last seen for girls in 2010 at #16,992 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1942 · 414 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,577since 1919
Lanny over time
Rank among boys' names. Lanny has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,278 | 15 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,040 | 14 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #6,496 | 8 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,697 | 12 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,220 | 20 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,606 | 26 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,779 | 15 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,989 | 20 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,146 | 29 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,333 | 24 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,429 | 22 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,293 | 23 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,764 | 32 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,955 | 27 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #1,563 | 39 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #1,996 | 27 |
| 1980 | — | #1,378 | 47 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,206 | 57 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,214 | 54 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,064 | 66 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,010 | 67 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,007 | 66 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #977 | 70 |
| 1973 | — | #914 | 77 | |
| 1972 | — | #837 | 92 | |
| 1971 | — | #886 | 84 | |
| 1970 | — | #769 | 115 | |
| 1969 | — | #756 | 107 | |
| 1968 | — | #734 | 103 | |
| 1967 | — | #768 | 90 | |
| 1966 | — | #694 | 114 | |
| 1965 | — | #702 | 112 | |
| 1964 | — | #723 | 113 | |
| 1963 | — | #723 | 117 | |
| 1962 | — | #694 | 122 | |
| 1961 | — | #603 | 172 | |
| 1960 | — | #598 | 172 | |
| 1959 | — | #607 | 161 | |
| 1958 | — | #535 | 206 | |
| 1957 | — | #570 | 184 | |
| 1956 | — | #513 | 218 | |
| 1955 | — | #486 | 228 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #470 | 240 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #408 | 293 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #382 | 321 |
| 1951 | — | #336 | 409 | |
| 1950 | — | #306 | 489 | |
| 1949 | — | #303 | 498 | |
| 1948 | — | #392 | 298 | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #375 | 335 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #358 | 332 |
| 1945 | — | #384 | 241 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #383 | 247 |
| 1943 | — | #358 | 292 | |
| 1942 | — | #299 | 414 | |
| 1941 | — | #301 | 371 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #329 | 302 |
| 1939 | — | #388 | 212 | |
| 1938 | — | #420 | 183 | |
| 1937 | — | #429 | 174 | |
| 1936 | — | #491 | 133 | |
| 1935 | — | #520 | 123 | |
| 1934 | — | #615 | 93 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,361 | 24 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
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| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
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| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Lanny! It came in at #4,168, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1922, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Lanny
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 746 spots in 1934 (#1,361 → #615)
- Biggest drop: 117 spots in 1971 (#769 → #886)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1942 at #299 (414 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1934–1974
- Highest: 1 in 3,311 boys born in 1941 were named Lanny (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #299 in 1942, was only 1 in 3,336 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 34.8% of all boys named Lanny (3,330) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,168 (1919) | #4,168 |
| 1920s | 6 | #3,822 (1923) | #3,822 |
| 1930s | 950 | #388 (1939) | #886 |
| 1940s | 3,330 | #299 (1942) | #348 |
| 1950s | 2,749 | #306 (1950) | #461 |
| 1960s | 1,222 | #598 (1960) | #700 |
| 1970s | 748 | #769 (1970) | #988 |
| 1980s | 290 | #1,378 (1980) | #2,085 |
| 1990s | 127 | #2,606 (1991) | #5,156 |
| 2000s | 92 | #5,040 (2000) | #8,044 |
| 2010s | 36 | #5,945 (2011) | #10,346 |
| 2020s | 22 | #9,554 (2020) | #11,572 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lanny in 1944
Top girls' names in 1944
Top boys' names in 1944
More about 1944
girls
1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 265,445 of them was named Lanny, which outranked 12.8% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 669 names at #4,574; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 5,518 of them was named Lanny, which outranked 90.2% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.