first name
LANNY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,691 people named Lanny, 86.2% reported their origin as White, 4.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 3.7% as Black. 93.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lanny peaked in 1949, when 498 babies got the name.
At least 9,644 babies have been given the name since 1919. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Lanny by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #751. The largest share of babies named Lanny, 51.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lanny is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lanny has been most common in Nebraska (3.4×), Iowa (2.8×), and Kentucky (2.7×), and least common in Florida (0.21×).
6,728 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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