girls:
90 births since 1969
#5626 (2nd percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1941
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
95 births since 1941
#7644 (1st percentile)
The name Lany is the #7,644 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 95 recorded births since 1941. This represents the 1.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,626 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 90 births since 1969. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1941.
Lany first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1941 (1941 for boys and 1969 for girls). Birth data for Lany is available in 13 out of the 83 years between 1941 and 2023 (12 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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 Lany has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.7% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1969, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1941 to 1968), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1969 to 2023).
For girls, Lany reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #949) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lany ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 80.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Lany reached its peak popularity in 1941, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #526) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1941, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1941.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lany".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lany. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.0% confident that Lany is pronounced as LAY-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LA-nee, at 40.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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