Meaning not yet researched.
Lanny: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #299 in 1942.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #299 in 1942. No US babies were recorded with the name Lanny in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #299 in 1942.
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Lanny: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #299 in 1942 · most boys in one year: 498 (1949).
Fewer than five US boys were named Lanny in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #299, reached in 1942. The most boys given the name in a single year was 498, in 1949. For comparison, it was #11,531 in 2015 and #306 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lanny in 90 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1919 with 5 babies. In all, 9,644 US babies have been given the name, 0.7% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 3,352 babies named Lanny.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 28 US boys were named Lanny; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 7.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Landon (187,785 babies since 1880), Lance (106,184 babies since 1880), Lainey (28,431 babies since 1880) and Laney (14,360 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Layni, Launi and Lahni are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Layni (530), Launi (77), Lahni (21).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Lanny in the open dataset we use.
Lanny is listed as a nickname for Roland.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | — | 5 | #13,421 |
| 2023 | — | — | 5 | #13,360 |
| 2021 | — | — | 5 | #13,273 |
| 2020 | — | — | 7 | #10,165 |
| 2018 | — | — | 6 | #11,582 |
| 2015 | — | — | 6 | #11,531 |
| 2014 | — | — | 5 | #13,234 |
| 2012 | — | — | 5 | #13,399 |
| 2011 | — | — | 14 | #6,129 |
| 2010 | 5 | #18,623 | — | — |
| 2009 | 5 | #18,921 | 6 | #11,867 |
| 2008 | — | — | 5 | #13,743 |
| 2007 | — | — | 10 | #7,938 |
| 2006 | — | — | 7 | #10,202 |
| 2005 | — | — | 15 | #5,459 |
| 2004 | — | — | 10 | #7,322 |
| 2003 | — | — | 8 | #8,302 |
| 2002 | — | — | 9 | #7,402 |
| 2001 | — | — | 8 | #8,006 |
| 2000 | — | — | 14 | #5,205 |
| 1999 | — | — | 10 | #6,311 |
| 1998 | — | — | 7 | #8,089 |
| 1997 | — | — | 11 | #5,503 |
| 1996 | — | — | 8 | #6,858 |
| 1995 | — | — | 10 | #5,738 |
| 1994 | — | — | 8 | #6,742 |
| 1993 | — | — | 12 | #4,890 |
| 1992 | — | — | 20 | #3,293 |
| 1991 | — | — | 26 | #2,651 |
| 1990 | — | — | 15 | #3,891 |
| 1989 | — | — | 20 | #3,041 |
| 1988 | — | — | 29 | #2,174 |
| 1987 | — | — | 24 | #2,369 |
| 1986 | — | — | 22 | #2,472 |
| 1985 | — | — | 23 | #2,331 |
| 1984 | — | — | 32 | #1,782 |
| 1983 | — | — | 27 | #1,989 |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,412 | 39 | #1,578 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,755 | 27 | #2,022 |
| 1980 | — | — | 47 | #1,385 |
| 1979 | — | — | 57 | #1,216 |
| 1978 | — | — | 54 | #1,220 |
| 1977 | — | — | 66 | #1,068 |
| 1976 | — | — | 67 | #1,016 |
| 1975 | — | — | 66 | #1,013 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,217 | 70 | #983 |
| 1973 | — | — | 77 | #919 |
| 1972 | — | — | 92 | #839 |
| 1971 | — | — | 84 | #892 |
| 1970 | — | — | 115 | #771 |
| 1969 | — | — | 107 | #757 |
| 1968 | — | — | 103 | #734 |
| 1967 | — | — | 90 | #771 |
| 1966 | — | — | 114 | #695 |
| 1965 | — | — | 112 | #703 |
| 1964 | — | — | 113 | #725 |
| 1963 | — | — | 117 | #725 |
| 1962 | — | — | 122 | #695 |
| 1961 | — | — | 172 | #605 |
| 1960 | — | — | 172 | #599 |
| 1959 | — | — | 161 | #611 |
| 1958 | — | — | 206 | #536 |
| 1957 | — | — | 184 | #570 |
| 1956 | — | — | 218 | #513 |
| 1955 | — | — | 228 | #486 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,197 | 240 | #470 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,372 | 293 | #409 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,716 | 321 | #383 |
| 1951 | — | — | 409 | #336 |
| 1950 | — | — | 489 | #306 |
| 1949 | — | — | 498 | #303 |
| 1948 | — | — | 298 | #392 |
| 1947 | 6 | #5,026 | 335 | #376 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,720 | 332 | #358 |
| 1945 | — | — | 241 | #384 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,923 | 247 | #383 |
| 1943 | — | — | 292 | #358 |
| 1942 | — | — | 414 | #299 |
| 1941 | — | — | 371 | #301 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,717 | 302 | #329 |
| 1939 | — | — | 212 | #388 |
| 1938 | — | — | 183 | #423 |
| 1937 | — | — | 174 | #429 |
| 1936 | — | — | 133 | #492 |
| 1935 | — | — | 123 | #520 |
| 1934 | — | — | 93 | #620 |
| 1933 | — | — | 24 | #1,385 |
| 1931 | — | — | 8 | #2,981 |
| 1923 | — | — | 6 | #4,048 |
| 1919 | — | — | 5 | #4,508 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).