Lanisha

Girl · recorded 1971–2015

  • 2015last recorded
  • 1983best year

Most popular in 1983.

Last recorded in 2015. 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 Lanisha.

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 1971

0193719711982199320042015

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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 44 recorded years as a table
Lanisha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19714
197211
19736
197411
197514
197620
197720
197825
197927
198021
198123
198225
198337
198430
198526
198627
198721
198827
198928
199029
199127
199223
199324
199434
199521
199621
199714
199820
199911
200015
20016
20028
20038
20047
200510
20066
20077
20085
20093
20103
20113
20123
20133
20153

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lanisha 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 2015
5
Rank in 2015
#16,419
How rare
1 in 357,019 girls
Since 1971
1,240

Lanisha was last recorded in 2015. 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 1983, at 37 per million girls born.

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

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