Lania
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAH-nee-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Lania is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Lania come from?
Modern: modern name, perhaps based on Lana or Lani
Is Lania a girl's or a boy's name?
Lania is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lania in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Lania, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Lania in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Lania in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Lania, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 60 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Lania in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lania in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,570 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,858 |
| 2007 | 39 | #3,982 |
| 2006 | 50 | #3,263 |
| 2005 | 60 | #2,752 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,804 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,343 |
| 2002 | 41 | #3,330 |
| 2001 | 40 | #3,364 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
Names like Lania
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Layla Noa Kehlani Sophia Talia Sienna Alani Lucia Alayna Mia Aria Kalani
Names related to Lania
Liyana Lana Liana Luana Lani Lianna Lyana Leana Lanie Laniyah
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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, “Lania: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lania, updated 20 October 2026.