girls:
136 births since 1924
#5580 (2nd percentile)
boys:
1k births since 1914
#3548 (23rd percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1914
#6556 (15th percentile)
The name Lanier is the #6,556 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,184 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 15.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,548 (22.6% percentile) for all time with 1,048 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #5,580 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 136 births since 1924.
Lanier first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1924 for girls). Birth data for Lanier is available in 103 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (103 years for boys and 21 years for girls). 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.
The name Lanier has been given predominantly to boys, with 88.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 57.1% of babies named Lanier were boys.
For boys, Lanier reached its peak popularity in 1927, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #526) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1923, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lanier ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 27.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Lanier reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #819) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lanier ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 66.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lanier".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Lanier. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.5% confident that Lanier is pronounced as luh-NIHR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is luh-NEE-er, at 17.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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