Lanier was the #8,860 girls' name in the US in 2025 (11 babies).
Lanier as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#8,860 (11)
2024
#13,477 (6)
2023
#12,197 (7)
2021
#12,206 (7)
2020
#15,088 (5)
2017
#12,713 (7)
2016
#10,859 (9)
2015
#10,866 (9)
2014
#16,513 (5)
2013
#13,150 (7)
2011
#14,824 (6)
2005
#13,010 (7)
2004
#11,624 (8)
1999
#8,805 (10)
1996
#11,807 (6)
Lanier as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#12,008 (5)
2024
#7,765 (10)
2023
#8,921 (8)
2022
#8,300 (9)
2021
#7,089 (11)
2020
#12,022 (5)
2019
#8,215 (9)
2017
#8,840 (8)
2016
#12,185 (5)
2015
#12,086 (5)
2014
#9,642 (7)
2013
#9,655 (7)
2012
#8,864 (8)
2011
#6,578 (12)
2010
#8,139 (9)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2025 at #8,860.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1924.
In 2025, 69% of US babies named Lanier were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 140,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.