girls:
934 births since 1962
#4782 (16th percentile)
overall:
934 births since 1962
#6805 (12th percentile)
The name Lania is the #6,805 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 934 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 12.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,782 (16.3% percentile) for all time with 934 births since 1962.
Lania first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (first recorded for girls in 1962). Birth data for Lania is available in 50 out of the 62 years between 1962 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Lania reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #884) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 30 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2006, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lania ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 29.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lania".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Lania. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.9% confident that Lania is pronounced as LAY-nee-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LAH-nee-uh, at 30.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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