girl's name

Lanayah

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 294

Lanayah is a girl's name. In 2024 it was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2006, when 18 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2002.

Lanayah over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

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Births named Lanayah by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2000s 107
2010s 136
2020s (to 2024) 38

How popular is Lanayah?

In 2024, Lanayah was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Lanayah is used

England & Wales #4,837 5 in 2025
United States #10,228 10 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Lanayah

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Lanayah also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lanayah over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Lanayah

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Lanayah — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Lanayah

How popular is the name Lanayah?

In 2024, Lanayah was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Lanayah a girl's or a boy's name?

Lanayah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Lanayah most popular?

Lanayah peaked in 2006, when 18 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Lanayah a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lanayah currently ranks #4,837 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.