Lanaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-NAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Lanaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Lanaya come from?
Modern: elaboration of Lana
Is Lanaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Lanaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lanaya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 6 girls.
Lanaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Lanaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Lanaya, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 78 girls. It first appears in the records in 1944.
2025 had fewer girls named Lanaya than any year since 1993.
Half of all the girls named Lanaya in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lanaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 35 | #4,146 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,777 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 50 | #3,217 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,582 |
| 2011 | 45 | #3,495 |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,305 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,999 |
| 2008 | 53 | #3,157 |
| 2007 | 59 | #2,992 |
| 2006 | 67 | #2,669 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 78 | #2,237 |
| 2003 | 60 | #2,635 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,884 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,362 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
Nicknames for Lanaya
- Lana 211 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lanaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amaya Safa Aaliyah Amira Maya Khadija Anaya Raya Zainab Summer Hafsa Alaya
Names related to Lanaya
Lana Layan Laney Layana Lanah Layna Lanae Lany Laniya Layanna
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lanaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lanaya, updated 20 October 2026.