Lanika

Girl · recorded 1973–2002

  • 2002last recorded
  • 1977best year

Most popular in 1977.

Last recorded in 2002. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Lanika.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1973

0132619731980198819952002

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 27 recorded years as a table
Lanika, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19735
19748
19756
197613
197726
197817
197916
198017
198113
19827
198313
198416
19858
198614
198714
198811
198912
19908
19919
19929
19937
19943
19957
19968
19983
20013
20024

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lanika 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2002
7
Rank in 2002
#12,187
How rare
1 in 256,697 girls
Since 1973
467

Lanika was last recorded in 2002. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1977, at 26 per million girls born.

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

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