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Girl name

Lanyah

100% girls · 11 born in 2025

Lanyah has been given to about 473 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2010, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

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Living in the US≈ 470
Median age today16 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Lanyah per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year2010 · 39
  • Born in 202511
  • All time473

How popular is Lanyah?

Its best year was 2010, when 39 babies were given the name, ranking 3924th. The typical living American called Lanyah is about 16 years old today.

Names that sound like Lanyah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Janiyah0.80
  2. Aniyah0.79
  3. Zaniyah0.80
  4. Saniyah0.80
  5. Taniyah0.80
  6. Janiah0.79
  7. Hannah0.75
  8. Laylah0.75

Middle names for Lanyah

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

Sibling names for Lanyah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Yarelisister · 0.79
  2. Isabelasister · 0.78
  3. Brayanbrother · 0.78
  4. Campbelleither · 0.77
  5. Estrellasister · 0.77
  6. Jamaribrother · 0.77

Where Lanyah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Lanyah Anderson0.74
    2. Lanyah White0.72
    3. Lanyah Reyes0.72
    4. Lanyah Nguyen0.72
    5. Lanyah Moore0.72
    6. Lanyah Green0.72

    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 Lanyah

    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.