Lanier
Lanier was the 13122nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1952, when it ranked 1783rd with 19 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 99 places. More babies were named Lanier in the 1940s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #13,122 boys, up 138 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 5boys
- Girls and boys
- 42% girls, 58% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 195219 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,217babies recorded
Lanier popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,205 | #13,122 | 11 | 5 |
| 2020 | #16,474 | #13,260 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | #8,515 | — | 9 |
| 2000 | — | #9,812 | — | 6 |
| 1990 | — | #6,171 | — | 8 |
| 1980 | — | #4,349 | — | 9 |
| 1970 | — | #3,694 | — | 8 |
| 1960 | — | #2,618 | — | 11 |
| 1950 | — | #2,682 | — | 9 |
| 1940 | — | #2,134 | — | 12 |
| 1930 | — | #3,820 | — | 6 |
| 1920 | — | #2,288 | — | 14 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Lanier, counting every spelling?
Lanier has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Lanier?
5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lanier (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Lanier born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lanier.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lanier?
About 700 people born in the US named Lanier are alive today, with a median age of 46; half are between 27 and 63. That makes Lanier mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Lanier
How popular is the name Lanier?
Lanier was the 13122nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1952, when it ranked 1783rd with 19 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 99 places. More babies were named Lanier in the 1940s than in any other decade.
Is Lanier a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 42% girls, 58% boys given the name Lanier in the US.