Laniyah
Laniyah was the 2364th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 77 babies. Its best year was 2010, when it ranked 896th with 295 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,088 places. More babies were named Laniyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,364 girls, down 645 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 77girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2010295 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,704babies recorded
Laniyah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #2,364 | 77 |
| 2020 | #1,719 | 118 |
| 2010 | #896 | 295 |
| 2000 | #5,241 | 22 |
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How popular is Laniyah, counting every spelling?
Laniyah is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,728 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,364 for Laniyah on its own. Together these spellings went to 101 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laniyah | 77 | #2,364 | 463 |
| Laniya | 24 | #5,325 | 167 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Laniyah?
77 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Laniyah (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Laniyah 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 109 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Laniyah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Laniyah?
About 3,700 people born in the US named Laniyah are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 9 and 18. That makes Laniyah mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Laniyah by state
How common Laniyah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Ohio (2.1×). In 37 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Laniyah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Laniyah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Laniyah
How popular is the name Laniyah?
Laniyah was the 2364th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 77 babies. Its best year was 2010, when it ranked 896th with 295 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,088 places. More babies were named Laniyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Laniyah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Laniyah in the US.
Where is Laniyah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Laniyah was most common in Ohio (0.12 per 1,000 girls), followed by Tennessee and Michigan.