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Girl name

Lanijah

100% girls · last recorded 2013

Lanijah has been given to about 124 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2010, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

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Origin—
Syllables3
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Living in the US≈ 123
Median age today20 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Lanijah per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year2010 · 16
  • Born in 20250
  • All time124

How popular is Lanijah?

Its best year was 2010, when 16 babies were given the name, ranking 7741st. The typical living American called Lanijah is about 20 years old today.

Names that sound like Lanijah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Aniyah0.79
  2. Janiyah0.79
  3. Zaniyah0.79
  4. Saniyah0.79
  5. Lailah0.79
  6. Janiah0.79
  7. Taniyah0.79
  8. Khadijah0.72

Middle names for Lanijah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Lanijah Eve0.82
  2. Lanijah Anne0.80
  3. Lanijah Rose0.79
  4. Lanijah June0.78
  5. Lanijah Pearl0.78
  6. Lanijah Quinn0.78

Sibling names for Lanijah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Brayanbrother · 0.69
  2. Isabelasister · 0.64
  3. Dulcesister · 0.63
  4. Hallesister · 0.63
  5. Jadenbrother · 0.61
  6. Jaideneither · 0.61

Where Lanijah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Lanijah White0.74
    2. Lanijah Reyes0.74
    3. Lanijah Nguyen0.74
    4. Lanijah Moore0.74
    5. Lanijah Green0.74
    6. Lanijah Brown0.74

    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 Lanijah

    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.