Lanette
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-NET
- Origin
- Modern
Lanette is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Lanette come from?
Modern: variant of Lynette, or Lana + -ette
Is Lanette a girl's or a boy's name?
Lanette is a girls' name.
How popular is Lanette in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1964, with 186 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Lanette in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1976, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lanette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 37 | #3,030 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 49 | #2,366 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 58 | #1,943 |
| 1986 | 39 | #2,511 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,808 |
| 1984 | 48 | #2,080 |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,594 |
| 1982 | 67 | #1,684 |
| 1981 | 79 | #1,515 |
| 1980 | 83 | #1,460 |
| 1979 | 98 | #1,288 |
| 1978 | 70 | #1,558 |
| 1977 | 78 | #1,429 |
| 1976 | 79 | #1,355 |
| 1975 | 83 | #1,316 |
| 1974 | 90 | #1,218 |
| 1973 | 84 | #1,239 |
| 1972 | 122 | #982 |
| 1971 | 148 | #895 |
| 1970 | 172 | #803 |
| 1969 | 178 | #754 |
| 1968 | 168 | #773 |
| 1967 | 173 | #748 |
| 1966 | 163 | #769 |
| 1965 | 139 | #846 |
| 1964 | 186 | #762 |
| 1963 | 143 | #878 |
| 1962 | 125 | #949 |
| 1961 | 174 | #793 |
| 1960 | 151 | #842 |
| 1959 | 108 | #1,017 |
| 1958 | 92 | #1,094 |
| 1957 | 107 | #1,009 |
| 1956 | 99 | #1,026 |
| 1955 | 109 | #943 |
| 1954 | 92 | #1,019 |
| 1953 | 95 | #980 |
| 1952 | 81 | #1,045 |
| 1951 | 69 | #1,115 |
| 1950 | 58 | #1,211 |
| 1949 | 64 | #1,134 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,498 |
| 1947 | 50 | #1,289 |
| 1946 | 53 | #1,178 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,824 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,608 |
| 1943 | 32 | #1,466 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 37 | #1,243 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,682 |
| 1939 | 14 | #2,206 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,520 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,711 |
Names like Lanette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Michelle Jolene Leslie Leanne Julie Nicole Danielle Christine Lynette Robin Linda Paulette
Names related to Lanette
More Modern names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Lanette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lanette, updated 20 October 2026.