Laniah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAH-nee-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Laniah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Laniah come from?
Modern: spelling of Lania; modern name, perhaps based on Lana or Lani
Meaning borrowed from Lania.
Is Laniah a girl's or a boy's name?
Laniah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laniah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Laniah, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 72 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Laniah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Laniah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 50 | #3,224 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 54 | #3,091 |
| 2010 | 55 | #3,043 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,851 |
| 2008 | 72 | #2,584 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,530 |
| 2006 | 54 | #3,089 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Laniah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zariah Kaliyah Zaniyah Jaliyah Aaliyah Kamiyah Hadassah Zaliyah Janiyah Azariah Aziyah Sariyah
Names related to Laniah
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Laniah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laniah, updated 20 October 2026.