Lanny

Boy · recorded 1919–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1941best year

Most popular in 1941.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1919

015130219191945197219982024

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 89 recorded years as a table
Lanny, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19195
19235
19318
193324
193490
1935118
1936128
1937163
1938165
1939192
1940261
1941302
1942300
1943205
1944181
1945179
1946204
1947183
1948170
1949281
1950273
1951217
1952165
1953149
1954118
1955111
1956103
195785
195897
195975
196081
196181
196259
196358
196457
196560
196664
196752
196859
196960
197062
197147
197257
197349
197445
197542
197643
197740
197833
197933
198026
198115
198221
198315
198418
198512
198612
198713
198815
198910
19907
199113
199210
19936
19944
19955
19964
19976
19984
19995
20007
20014
20025
20034
20045
20058
20063
20075
20082
20093
20117
20123
20143
20153
20183
20204
20213
20233
20243

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lanny isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
5
Rank in 2024
#12,349
How rare
1 in 344,577 boys
Since 1919
9,577

Lanny was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1941, at 302 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lanny doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.