Laniya Girl
How popular is Laniya?
#5,237 girl name in 2025
24 baby girls were named Laniya in the US in 2025, making it the 5237th most popular girl name.
Laniya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,237 for girls (▼ 1031 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 24 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-79% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,778 in 2015, #2,966 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (240 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,086 in 2007 |
| First recorded | 1992 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Laniya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Laniyah family of names ranked #1,531 for girls in 2025 (#1,373 the year before), with 101 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Laniyah | 77 | 76% |
| Laniya | 24 | 24% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Laniya is most popular
Babies named Laniya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Laniya by decade
Girl names about as popular as Laniya
Questions
- Is Laniya a boy or girl name?
- Laniya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Laniya were girls.
- How popular is the name Laniya?
- 24 baby girls were named Laniya in the US in 2025, making it the 5237th most popular girl name.
- When was Laniya most popular?
- Laniya peaked in 2007, when 240 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,086 in 2007.
- How many people are named Laniya?
- 3,162 babies have been named Laniya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,137 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Laniya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Laniya was most common in Florida, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.