Lanayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-NAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Lanayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
Where does Lanayah come from?
Modern: spelling of Lanaya; elaboration of Lana
Meaning borrowed from Lanaya.
Is Lanayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Lanayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lanayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Lanayah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Lanayah of any year since it first appeared, in 2017.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Lanayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
How popular is Lanayah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Lanayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lanayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
Nicknames for Lanayah
- Lana 211 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lanayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Zenayah Alaiyah Aaliyah Ruqayyah Sumayyah Aafiyah Nusaybah Hidayah Ayah Umamah Umaymah
Names related to Lanayah
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, “Lanayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lanayah, updated 20 October 2026.