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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Lanisha

Lanisha was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 1739th with 62 babies. More babies were named Lanisha in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
198362 babies
Total since 1880
1,240babies recorded

Lanisha popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#16,0996
2000#4,35128
1990#2,27756
1980#2,67735
1970——
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Lanisha, counting every spelling?

Lanisha has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Lanisha?

About 1,200 people born in the US named Lanisha are alive today, with a median age of 37; half are between 31 and 44. That makes Lanisha mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Lanisha by state

How common Lanisha was among girls born in each state in 1981–1985, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in California (1.7×). In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCA0.05Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesKY0.04West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNC0.03South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Lanisha, girls, 1981–1985. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Lanisha: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lanisha, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Lanisha

How popular is the name Lanisha?

Lanisha was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 1739th with 62 babies. More babies were named Lanisha in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Lanisha a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,240 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Lanisha most popular?

In 1981–1985, Lanisha was most common in California (0.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by Kentucky and North Carolina.