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Lanay

100% girls · 5 born in 2025

Lanay has been given to about 580 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2011, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

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Origin—
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Living in the US≈ 567
Median age today28 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Lanay per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year2011 · 26
  • Born in 20255
  • All time580

How popular is Lanay?

Its best year was 2011, when 26 babies were given the name, ranking 5300th. The typical living American called Lanay is about 28 years old today.

Names that sound like Lanay

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Janay0.85
  2. Lana0.75
  3. Laney0.71
  4. Lani0.64
  5. Lindsay0.60
  6. Landry0.61
  7. Lara0.60
  8. Lyndsay0.60

Middle names for Lanay

Ranked by flow score
  1. Lanay Eve0.80
  2. Lanay Elizabeth0.78
  3. Lanay Josephine0.78
  4. Lanay Anne0.78
  5. Lanay Rose0.77
  6. Lanay June0.76

Sibling names for Lanay

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Ilianasister · 0.76
  2. Alvarobrother · 0.76
  3. Noebrother · 0.76
  4. Aracelisister · 0.76
  5. Nathanaelbrother · 0.76
  6. Daliasister · 0.75

Where Lanay is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Lanay Anderson0.74
    2. Lanay White0.72
    3. Lanay Reyes0.72
    4. Lanay Nguyen0.72
    5. Lanay Moore0.72
    6. Lanay Hill0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Lanay

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.